Bearclaw Valley when the sunlight is arising

for @Averna -- but tagged are definitely welcome. some PP to set the scene, i hope that is okay. <3

it was no good.

her children grew more resentful by the day.

astara paced back and forth by her den, ignoring @Glaucos and @Astyanax. her children -- the important ones -- were gradually losing their love for their mother.

if astara had known the orphans were not merrick's, she might have thrown both to her children to torment, to play, to dispose of them -- but astara was still under the impression the orphans were sired by merrick's seed (every time she glanced at them, a wickedly bitter emotion flashed through her gut like a hot knife).

astara could take it no more. she did not know which was worse -- the constant reminder of her rook's infidelity, or the growing disdain of her children.

she left the pair in the den and strode out to the stony columns where averna often lingered. prowling through broken ledge, astara made for averna and bid her to follow.