Moonspear faded pictures on the wall

It was strange to know that so many days had passed between the birth of the two children and this sunrise. Each day, Sialuk grew closer to the children born of herself and Elentari. She realized, too, that there was something else she wished of the mother. Something that she knew now was the right time.

As the two of them watched the children, the starwoman turned toward her lover. "He is a fine bride-price," she thought, grinning at the small boy who blinked his eyes with his sister. Sialuk then kissed Elentari's cheek, content and happy. Will you be wife to me? she asked, her heart fluttering even though the answer was clear as day.