Moonspear [m] tabula rasa

Like Argent, she caught hints of possession and jealousy. Argent had been fine sharing Elentari, but as soon as the Ostrega's eyes turned to other men, something changed. He may have always felt that way, even when he had known who she was, how she treated her heart and her body. They were hers to share, just as she would not command him to only bed her during springtime. It had taken him months to realize this, but Sialuk saw it in Killdeer now, here in the beginning.

No, she said, feeling the walls thicken around her heart. Were all men this way, even Alaric? Would he leave them when springtime came, the resentment in his heart growing too strong to bear? Would Killdeer leave his children here, too? Sialuk buried the questions inside her, but she knew she could not love Killdeer if he sought to control who she loved and took to her ulaq.