Ankyra Sound i shall glimpse instead the slurried red

a nod was given; erzulie too did not trust males, and for good reason, the both of them. "he cannot take dem from us," she murmured, seeking rosalyn's eyes. "caiaphas would not allow dat, and beyond her, we would kill him for it first." 
but she did not think that firefly would do such a thing. the trade into which she had been brought as a girl had taught her many things about men, about the wickedness that lurked behind their eyes. and the scarred beast did not bear such malice, erzulie had decided. "we will be dere mot'ers," she went on lowly, placing her paw over rosalyn's own. "dey can call him da, but only we will be in charge of dem." it was for the best that firefly have no dominion over the children, for what could a man give that a mother could not?