Moonsong Glacier ayagaa

She loved him, and that was what made this so difficult. She had realized this after Kukutux had left—it was why she couldn’t simply take her mother’s word and walk away from him and what they’d built together. The thought had crossed her mind to leave this all behind and return to Moonglow, especially since it meant leaving him.

There was no time for pleasantries, and he sensed that, too, when he asked, ”has something happened?”

Yes, she answered. My anaa came, and told me things of the past … about you. She tried to swallow the lump in her throat; it was so hard to breathe. And even still … I can’t shake my feelings for you.

I love you, Chakliux. But I do not know if your love is the same as mine.