Broken Antler Fen keepkey

bridget remained so silently close to teya's thoughts that it had taken her until this moment to realize that bridget did not know.
a garbled sound emitted from her throat, something like crumpled laughter crushed under grief.
"bronco attacked by cat end of summer. did not last a month. died next to me. now i seeing ghosts," and nothing in her voice but distance. "maybe i see his next."
eyes drying, no more tears now to weep. teya stared off into the atmosphere. "buried him in brecheliant. all my children suffer over their fathers," she added in a tone that fell to whisper, and then quiet.