Dragoncrest Cliffs Spring tide

sat outside the den, it was easy for val to miss lucette’s first seconds of vision. when he poked his head in momentarily to check all was well, he saw a spark of baby blue that took his breath away.

a smile bloomed on his face and in his heart. adoringly, val settled down on the ground with his head resting eye-level with tiny lucette, a soft coo sounding from his lips. he wasn’t certain any of them could hear yet, but he couldn’t help coo all the same.