Gilded Bay keep your proud head from falling

An unexpected wave of sympathy washed throughout Eden's bones. Had she not been aware of the dangers of strangers in these parts, she might have reached out to nose Muses's shoulder. I'm very sorry to hear that. I'm sure one day you'll be able to rebuild your family's name with little ones of your own. A soft smiled curled against Eden's cheeks as she thought about how that was exactly what she herself had done. The pups, no matter how much she'd come to love them, were nothing more than an act of retaliation. She would never tell Sylvas about her original intentions or motivations, but they would remained locked in both she and Aster's minds.
I was in a similar situation, as a matter of fact. My uncle and his mate came into my mother's domain. My brother and I barely escaped. I didn't even know that most of them had survived until the last month or so. In the back of her head replayed the sound of her mother's skull cracking against the stone walls of their holy lands but Eden was quick go shake away the thought.