Phoenix Maplewood and damage her very soul?

with mahler's wisdom imparted upon her — or at least the agreement of her out loud musings about a mateship arrangement — praimfaya falls into quietude. the idea of taking a mate is not anything the commander has ever considered before — it's a foreign concept to her and admittedly she cannot quite picture tying herself to another in that capacity. it was a whole other wolf she'd have to confide in, and account for. in hindsight, it strikes her as entirely too limiting but ...

if it was her only path to motherhood, she would do it. or try to marry herself off, at least.

with these considerations swirling 'round in her head, praimfaya follows mahler towards the territory that rivenwood lays claim to; wrapped in her own thoughts.