Duskfire Glacier g*spy witchcraft

as the time of birth of his cubs draws ever nearer ...with lane and tzila herself, wintersbane is left to reconsider many things. how easy it had been to stand on firm principle and claim that he wanted to be a father without committing to the mother(s) of his cubs. looking back upon it simply makes him feel like an ass ...even if it had been terms agreed upon.

one night stands were one thing ...but to make such contracts with the women of his own pack strikes him as cruel in the hindsight.

it makes wintersbane reevaluate the relationship his father, arturo, had had with lotte and hemlocke. how they had formed a polygamous relationship with each other: a triangle of equalled affection. lotte and hemlocke had been wives of each other just as much as they'd been wives of arturo.

perhaps, he considers, such a thing would not be possible in other circumstances. perhaps it had worked so well for the trio that had formed teaghlaigh but was simply not applicable elsewhere.

logically, wintersbane begins softly, trying to figure out how to weave the words without insult. it should be with the mothers of my cubs, if any of them would have me.