Lion Head Mesa put my heart in its recipe

She didn't miss the look upon 'Saints,' and she gave a brief shake of her head. She'd never heard of them. Apparently not a good group, filling the void that, long ago, Nightwalkers had, and before that, her own family in Blackfeather Woods. She had no love for such packs.

Thus, she was glad Satsu and Pharaoh had escaped.

I wonder if that was before or after I met him, Maegi mused. She gestured briefly, vaguely to Satsu's rounded middle. Do you have any names for your children? Or thoughts of what they could be?

Of all the tribulations in her life, Maegi had never hated being pregnant. She'd enjoyed feeling life grow within her—even Blueberry, whose conception she'd rallied against until the bitter end. She wondered if the queen felt the same way.