Neverwinter Forest The beams of first light [Birth (M)]

*barges in*

The moment she smelled the blood, she knew what was happening, and the pirate brightened with glee. She waited, listening, watching, for any sign of something going wrong for Ondine. She really didn't care much for the pups, only hoping that one of them got stuck in her womb and poisoned her.

She didn't get her wish, to her disappointment, but, as if to recompense, there was something wrong with two of her girls. It would have brought a cackle to her lips had it not been for Kjalarr's defeated and broken expression. She kept quick, lingering in the shadows as he gave the gift of mercy to his children. When he began to dig the hole, Maude approached, whining softly and nuzzling Kjalarr, before digging with him, tearing up the cold soil in order to bury his children. They meant nothing to her — she would have eaten them had Kjalarr not been there — but it was his expressions that made her heart twinge with some warped form of sympathy.

She was unsure of what to do next when he sat in front of the den, protecting his wife and child from the elements. She chuffed to him, silently asking what he wanted from her.