Redhawk Caldera silverchair

her chin trembled. she shook her head and drew a breath that shuddered in her chest and throat. "no." the word was heavy and filled with a thousand sensations. "reyes ah, said 'can we kill them' when i tell him i pregnant."
it hurt. it hurt more than she could hardly bear, to say the words out loud. "you know he already have children. so; i not understand." the words here were rimed in bitterness. he had said that and then walked away from her.
teya sniffled and took several deep breaths. "her name sorana," she said quietly. "she good baby. quiet." as if somehow the child knew the situation into which she had been born. "eljay visit me and her. hymnal as well. i know i not need reyes."
and yet —
"maia pregnant too, due soon i think. sorana will have playmates then." a monotone. her eyes stared at nothing.