Redsand Canyon When I first saw you, the end was soon

The healer had pushed herself and she was feeling the consequences now. A part of her did not want to return to her den… it was the same part of her that desired to lay in the Matrona’s den and keep a watchful eye over her to ensure she did not slip away once more. She’d essentially needed to be dismissed and promised that she would be sought out if anything more happened. She still felt sick to her stomach and it showed as she returned to their den, moving past the rabbits that he had caught for them because her appetite was surely gone before simply tucking against her husband, burying her face in his fur wordlessly.
 
She had hoped it would calm her as it always did… but it did not. Not this time. This time her heart still threatened to beat out of her chest. The only sound she managed to make was a soft whine. She wanted to wake up, as if this were just a bad dream. She’d certainly had them where the Matrona’s delivery was concerned, Ruenna’s face displaced onto her mother as her mother bled out around her… it was not a sight that she would ever truly forget.