just coolin' her nips, lol.
Elentari did not come home, and Sialuk knew in her heart where her lover had gone. It was the same place the Ostrega had gone, seeking to grow their village and bring new life into the world. A small, ugly part of her thought the Archer might stray as Argent had, but she pushed it down. When Alaric
came to watch the children for a time, Sialuk led herself to a cool drift of snow where she could lay her underside on the quickly melting snow and cool the irritation of mouths feeding on her.
With only two shared between two milk mothers the year before, it had been easier. Three to one was quite the difference, but the mother persevered.
It is, 'Hi, anang,'
Sialuk corrected with the smile of a gentle teacher. To answer her daughter's question, Sialuk rolled over slightly so that Maggak could see the irritated flesh on her belly.
Your siblings are always hungry,
she explained with an impish grin.
Cold snow dulls the pain. Remember this one day, if you nurse children of your own.
The day will come soon when you will take your journey to another village, for a time,
Sialuk felt it was only yesterday that Maggak had come into village Moonspear, and it felt unfair that she should need to go so soon, but it was a rite of passage into adulthood that she felt each of the children needed. A step into independence and a time to learn from others.
It will be difficult, but you will not be far, and you may come to visit.
She thought of
@Seal then, wondering how the girl was holding up in Brecheliant. Had she met the same girl who had attacked Acrux? Had she met Ceridwen, the other young woman Sialuk knew of the village?