Emberwood seven skulls

chuckling a little at his sister's lack of patience with the hides, sun eater leant his darkstone shoulder against the tree's bark.

meleys was right. it would be expected of him, but there was such a reluctance in his heart to being disappointed a third time.

"i married lanzadoii. i married sharadoii." leaves twirled in slow dance around his head. "i am considering an outsider. but you should know, meleys. a cousin has come to us. a lanzadoii woman."

sun eater looked toward the caribou threading along the treeline. "tsaani said my marriage to red leaf was foolish, with no oversight. no elders consulted. and he was right. so i must rely on you in this, sister." he must do better. "there is time to choose. grey man must marry into the saatsine now too."