Redsand Canyon I will love you until the last breath leaves my body

Like hell you are, Towhee replied without a thought, jaw setting defiantly even as Ruenna fell unconscious.

Rue had waited so long for this day, there was no way she would miss out on her children. Towhee’s eyes flicked to Aquene, ready to do whatever the healer needed to assist, even if she just needed to hold Rue’s hand and otherwise stay out of the way.

She hardly looked at Germanicus or the pups—there would be plenty of time for that, later—instead keeping her eyes glued on the Matrona’s face. Between her intense denial and the medicus’s skill, they would not lose her today.