Firefly Glen tigugaa

with vaire named in heart and mind as inheritor of moonglow and moonwoman's wisdom, kukutux felt that her breathing had grown easier.

she had come to the glen for its memories, both good and ill. she did not expect to find kilgitsuk on the wind, and the scent of his body twined thickly with that of her daughter.

revulsion and rage warred for a moment in moonmother.

lynx, slinking.

i am your totem.

this kukutux knew, though she would not speak it in disrespect.

lynx licked a wide paw, her sunyellow eyes scorching into the mind of moonwoman.

how could i be your totem and you angered that your daughter chooses her own way, as i do?

her muscles tensed; she was prepared to reject it!

but in less than a moon she would see six years. it would be a discredit to them if she acted in ire now.

ariadne was the snowcat prowling upon her new slopes. she was moonglow and seawater. many men would seek her. kukutux must trust that her daughter's choice would be tested.

despite what she felt. despite the warnings she had given.

a breath; a twitch of her shoulders; she did not seek the winterhawk but went on, forcing her mind to thoughts of his son's marriage ceremony which would be hers to plan.