Meadowlark Prairie goldleaf

teya was suddenly shy; she drew away and tilted her face into the wind until it licked her closed eyelids with an enlightening sensation. "i think she not want to lose more of me." and there was no way to articulate that, for it was mother-daughtering.
but little by little she returned to bronco. "and i not know." she was honest. "with sorana — i pregnant before i have choice. then reyes say he not want to be a father —"
teya's face contorted violently and she turned directly away from her beau now. the lashing air forced the tears from her eyes all the same and then swept them away. "so. i not know. do you?"