Porcupine Ridge children of the corn

keeping vague about vuk's thread with tagg...! aw ... maybe @Capriccio? 

vuk was now aware of the changes in her body; the nameless beta's seed had grown roots, spiraling little tendrils that forced the food from her belly. the nausea was lessening in some ways, but her overwhelming anxiety intensified her episodes of sickness. weight had dropped from her already narrow frame, but the girl's sides were undeniably rounded these days.

she slunk through the trees along the ridge in the direction of the stream, having fallen out of taggarik's favour, and, she was sure, capriccio's own.