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Rosalyn gave her daughter a knowing look, still full of pride. She felt no need to correct her in these feelings - in fact, she thought of all of her children, Mireille now knew best what had been stored in the heart of Sapphique. Rosalyn still worried about Chacal and the mistake she had made, choosing a suitor who would involve himself in the lives of her children. She did not trust his motives or his loyalty to her. If allowed, she'd have driven him off with her teeth the first time he arrived near their borders.

You don't need to trust a man to take what you want from him. You only need to find one willing to give, then willing to forget. Men don't hold the loyalty that women do, and they are more than happy to abandon the things they create if it means they are free to lose the responsibility. Just find one that will treat you well for the making. Her voice was full of affection, but she felt the final warning was necessary. If any man harmed their children, their lives would be forfeit. She didn't care how old she grew, or how little she roamed. Somehow she would find them.

If it is something you want, then it's something you should have. The women of Sapphique didn't ask permission for such things. They did as they pleased and refused to apologize for their decisions, be that to live as a mother or to live unattached and unburdened.