Duskfire Glacier The Future

Huddled beside him, she listened quietly and patiently. The name she knew him by, Wintersbane, was not his birth one. Roarke was. He had also gone by a second, from his previous wife, Melkor. By the end of it all, Tzila just gave a simple shake of her head and a soft little smile. "It doesn't matter which names you have gone by before. To me, I will always know you as Wintersbane."

Her thoughts furled back to her past, back in the days with her family. Not so fond memories. Though not asked, she provided a simple, short summary. "My name means Shadow Queen, or night. I don't know why they chose it for me, but I suppose it was for my coloration or the love of the dark hours while I was growing up." Silver eyes fell from his, down to the brood of three at her breast. "Their names should carry some meaning." Gently, she let her nose hover over Makatza. "I can already tell that she has wild spirt..."