Moonspear kunikkaa ❇

jarilo's reaction was swift and provoked a laugh from tired kukutux, who nodded eagerly at her mate and leant into his touch. "all the women i have known that gave children were sick in the beginning." but it ended with the blossoming of the little ones within. the duck hoped she was not mistaken, so great was the joy beginning to glimmer in his expression.

your children will never be anything here

the thought sharply entered her mind, pulling at the corners of her own delight. it sprang to her tongue to ask jarilo what revui had meant, to seek reassurance from her husband. a torrent of guilt followed; hydra had been only kind, supportive of their union. she would welcome their offspring, for they too would be her blood.

and kukutux wanted nothing to dull the proud glow of jarilo's impending fatherhood. least of all a murmur of his wayward brothers or the strife they had brought to moonspear.

so she did not mention revui, but smiled in wonder at her mate. "i am glad you are happy." i am glad you are a man who is content to show his happiness. "the sickness will end and then i must have kaunak from plump beasts to help them grow. i will be fat too," came a soft joke, teasing up at him with a grin that demanded to be unhidden.