Ouroboros Spine and i, the star-- burn low

Rodyn had left the coast. Had ran as fast as he could when he had gotten the news that Shikoba was failing. He had spent what little time he could with her. Knowing that he held moontides future in his paws. And he was needed there. But.

But his heart mother deserved a send off. The woman who had helped to shape a unsure young man into a good one. She had taught him lessons he hadn't known. Had held him when his own world was breaking. He would do the same for her, for her blood children.

He gave her a soft kiss to her face a gentle low I love you. and then silently waited with her.

Tears fell when she breathed her last. And Ajei's cries cut him to the quick. But Shikoba had lived well, had earned this peace. He settled her in his heart of hearts beside Samani. That was where she would stay until his dying day. Nestled warm and snug in his love.