Wheeling Gull Isle wereon

such a wealth of gifts rodyn brought! heda's eyes grew wide with delight, and by the time he had finished, her face was aglow. "we had four! simeon, judah, malakai, and dinah. and then god came to one of us, everett, and showed him children on the mainland who had no mother."
heda did not tell all the story, for she wanted no mention of witches in the lives of her adopted babes, nursed at her own body.
"they were only infants, rodyn! four of them. everett named them: ava, abel, ana, and tzedeq."
sea breezes caught and pulled tresses of pale fur around her radiant face. 
"so now we are three parents to eight."