Northstar Vale Oikogéneia

it was more of an adjustment than she had expected.

tamar was often engorged. the nursing of three children, antigone the most ravenous, kept her own hunger fierce. her husband was attentive.

but today a great melancholy had taken hold of the young mother. she wiped quickly at her eyes as her husband came up, nestling the children closer.

"thank you, i am starving," she breathed, grabbing the rabbit and beginning a quick meal as she grinned tiredly toward her mate.