Witch's Marsh Ascend

Just going to tuck a conclusion onto this so it counts for the BWP <3 Thank you all for joining! This was so much more incredible than I could've ever hoped it would be!!

Cygnet was carried away quickly, jostled bout as the young wolf who had swooped in to save her brought her far away from the danger. Her bottom stung, and she could feel herself growing weaker as blood dripped from the stub of where her tail used to be. But she could not cry, and could not fuss- even catching her breath was difficult while being carried and fortunately, shock made the journey easier for her. 

Back in the mud, Moss' body was left, guarding the two children she had murdered silently and secretly. Innocent life trapped in a bog next to their mother, whose heart had not only been broken, but turned dark in her final days. 

And possessing a shred of that heart of darkness herself, Cygnet, the unintended heir, lived; and with her, some remainder of the curse her mother had sought to smother.