Ankyra Sound a bruise upon the silent moon

She needed to calm down, if not for her own sake then for theirs.  As if she knew, Rosalyn heard her name, and she opened her eyes to find Erzulie's gaze locked with her own.

It was too soon.  Her body had felt wrong for weeks, and she couldn't have that wrongness here, not while Erzulie brought their children into the world.  She stood, but then a contraction hit and her teeth clenched together, expelling a hissing groan.

It seems their children were fated to be tied by more than even blood.

She forgot Caiaphas was there for a moment, and through the terror something in her body began to take over.  She kept her eyes on Erzulie, even if the other looked away.  She couldn't stop this from happening, but she could try to be stronger.  Another wave of pain, and she trembled, gritting her teeth as she slid down to a lying position.  If her mother had managed this, surely she could too.  And surely Erzulie would be fine as well.