Dragoncrest Cliffs nor her dear parents, but

erzulie breathed out. "dis time it be harder. more aches. more hunger. i felt slower sooner. i am dealing wid the experience of weakness." not weakness by anyone else's standards; one might be hard-pressed to describe her with such a moniker.
but by her own internal processes.
"along wid all dat, i have news. wintersbane. he has made a pack east of us, in de taiga. our own chacal has visited as emissary." but erzulie was amused. sapphique stood strong. "what you be makin' of dat, my jewel?"