Forests of the Heart
Chapter One
Los lobos
El lobo pierde los dientes más no las mientes,
The wolf loses his teeth, not his nature.
—Mexican-American saying
Like her sister, Bettina San Miguel was a small, slender woman in
her mid-twenties, dark-haired and darker-eyed; part Indio, part Mexican, part
something older still. Growing up, they'd often been mistaken for twins, but
Bettina was a year younger and, unlike Adelita, she had never learned to forget.
The little miracles of the long ago lived on in her, passed down to her from
their abuela, and her grandmother before her. It was a gift that skipped a generation,
tradition said.
"¡Tradición, pah!" their mother was quick to complain when the opportunity
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