Blackfeather Woods i've got a little black book with my poems in

Maegi didn't understand why Parvati was so scared. Hadn't she seen pups move within someone before? Relmyna had let her feel her stomach while the twin girls were in her womb. It was only natural that living things would begin to move, even before the transition from one world to the next. Her sons had, too. . .

That is normal, the Melonii explained, her voice serene. It's good. It means they're healthy and alive. Well, or so she gathered. What else would it mean? Maegi was mostly certain that fetuses didn't harbor ill-will toward their mothers and reacted with kicks. They just wanted to get out and run around!

Her head cocked in query, staring at Parvati. Who's the father? she asked pointedly.