Redtail Rise where'er i walk ten thousand serpents follow at my feet

leaving.

children left.

augur soothed the bite of this new revelation with a low lap of his tongue over his pale jaws.

but wolverine was not a child. she was a woman with a rank. would she surrender it? 

and yet he did understand. it was their way. if blood star returned, both she and thorn caller might claim a litter. that would be three to four if wealda retook her position, and with the blood of redtails so dominant here, the man understood why this was unappealing to wolverine.

and yet; a little croon sounded in his throat, half-saddened and half-blessing as he reached for them both in a moment of acceptance.