Redhawk Caldera Handle With Care

the fen.
the fen was what had been missing for teya. it was a place to which she had fled.
and yet the fen had slid to the back of her mind these years. babies and husbands. deaths. she watched eljay age and knew she could not urge them away to the fen, not for her.
he was a blackthorn, and the caldera belonged to them as it had the redhawks.
the younger woman spoke openly, and so teya would do the same, relieved for the chance. "yes. your heart becomes home. where you take it is home, for a while. but happiness not come from land. it come from others. from self."
a sob raced out of her mouth before she could stop it, but no more arrived. tipping ceridwen an apologetic smile, the raven sighed. "from love."