Bearclaw Valley Just the way you are

August 7.

While she watched, the girls grew; each intelligent, confident, and fierce in their own ways. She thought she saw in them the sort of devotion she hoped to nurture- and every day, she found herself loving them more and more.

The summer was coming to an end- and while there seemed to be little respite from the heat, she knew that it would only last so long before the cool night air began to sweep into the light hours. 

The time was coming for the girls to learn to use their fangs, how to maneuver their growing limbs, sharpen their senses.