Blacktail Deer Plateau and my tongue stiffens into silence,

cupid asked a great thing of erzulie. they had only met a short while ago, and now he had placed at her feet the culmination to this journey.
she was silent a long moment. her role as beta within rusalka was to protect their wolves, make a safe place here for all. and cupid seemed to doubt his own ability.
a nod, then. the harlot shifted. a wan nausea clenched her gut and then flit away. a pause. "i will do anyt'ing i am able to help you," erzulie murmured. "i believe dat you are able of doing very well in dis, cupid. you must come to know it too."