Dragoncrest Cliffs a small graceless child

Chacal so loved the siblings she had, it would've been a loss to her too, if she had had to tell her Maman that the pack wasn't secure enough for them to have puppies that year. She had seen how much energy it had taken from her, though, and was glad now that it seemed Jorunn would be the one carrying children. A first-time mother, but one who was young and healthy. Jorunn was an ideal candidate for motherhood. She'd already begun her journey into motherhood when she'd helped raised Aminthe and Quennell. 

Surprise and misunderstanding came to Chacal when her mother informed her about Rosalyn. "Well of course dey be raised as a part of de pack, Mama..." A beat, and a realization. Erzulie and Jorunn were to be the children's mothers, but Rosalyn...She was withdrawing from a parental role. She said it would not be fair. Chacal didn't want to believe that. It felt too soon for her mother to be withdrawing from opportunities, for fear that she would leave young ones bereft. The impending loss was something that Chacal pushed from her conscious thought, day after day. She sought Erzulie's gave for any tell that perhaps, she might've known something. If Rosalyn's state had regressed, before she heard Jorunn's voice. 

Jorunn knew that her children would be loved by all. Rosalyn would see them, love them, and be a part of their lives as well. She shouldn't dwell on what the longterm future looked like. She feared the loss of her mother, dearly, but that was an unknown. What was known now, was exactly what Jorunn had said. 

"Dey be absolutely loved by de entire pack,
An met'inks dey will be 'avin some company in fact.
Meerkat too, plans to 'ave young, 
an me as well- should de time come." She said.