Blackfeather Woods Parasites in my stomach

The witch felt her children stir within her as she woke, her body's movement probably waking them, or at least, as best as unborn pups can be woken. She lapped her stomach gently for a bit, waiting for Seff's question. 

Her head lifted. Why did he sound so frightened? A test, She murmured softly, knowing that while Seff had been raised within the darkness of the Woods, he had not seen the true Void behind it. For those who would join; this is not a pack for the faint of heart, This is not a pack for your mother, she wanted to say. Vuk was too skittish, too pure for the pack. His father seemed more durable than she, but they would not abandon each other.