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they settled and an uneasy peace followed. heda's body hovered on the edge of natural pull, too starved to do more than simmer. it kept the widow angsty; her hackles were often frayed. 
heda was never far from her girls.
hunger for a cache bid her a bit further today. she would go out and hunt soon, soon, she told herself; but;
the approach of the woman stiffened her spine. the eldritch cry from beyond caused heda to jump. 
silence followed.