Redhawk Caldera n e s s o

fading this!

Maybe it was wrong of her, but Maia didn’t even need to think twice about it. Of course you can, sweetheart. She was as much a part of their family as any of her other children and the name was hers if she wanted it.

She liked to think that she would be big enough to accept it if the same were to happen to her own children… if they became lost and were found by another family. She knew in her heart, however, that it would hurt knowing they’d grown up knowing another mother.

It was far better than them not growing up at all.

Come on. Let’s go find Chickadee. I promised I’d take her to the river today. She nudged Ani and smiled at her enthusiasm, at how much the sisters loved one another and how much it reminded her of herself and Wraen. She was so glad that her kids could all have this - loving siblings who would support them through whatever difficulties they’d face.