Seaside Moors and then my eyes go dark,

she was thinking of the woman who had asked after her son, rosencrantz' quick arrival, reyes' disappearance, raleska's admission.
had they not come here to avoid all this?
the babes stirred, and erzulie caught the golden form of dutiful nieve. had her first brood ever enjoyed a childhood? and scarab. should she even enjoy the right to second motherhood having lost one of her first?
guilt ironically made her more distant. less forthcoming.
guilt choked her now at the girl's new veneer; she let out her breath and shook her head. "i do not t'ink it will stay down today, dous mwen."