Redsand Canyon Whatever makes you happy

The pain radiated out, a pain that she had ignored and pushed down for as long as she could have. He nuzzled her cheek softly and she leaned lightly into the touch. He said words that she would have told anyone else who had been in her situation, and yet she had a hard time believing them. “I couldn’t stop the bleeding.” She repeated again, as if it meant she was to take all of the blame. “We kept telling her to stop pushing so hard throughout her pregnancy. She was always on her feet. She didn’t know how to slow down and take care of herself.” The other healers had told her it had likely been a contributing factor.
 
“She was my shield… with her gone, my father arranged my marriage. He no longer had the means to produce heirs and he needed to continue his line. My brothers died fighting in the war… I was all that was left. My younger siblings were newborns.” She sighed softly, glancing down at her paws for a moment. She hadn’t meant to dump that all out on him… it was like once she started, it had all just tumbled out. She returned to lightly nuzzling at the side of his neck. “She pushed herself trying to protect me and I couldn’t stop the bleeding.”