Herbalists' Cache wave lash

she had no choice to heed his call. to come to him like a dog, itching to obey. it was against her wishes, her very being...but she had to keep reminding herself to put her pride aside. 

for star-woman. for sivaak, and the children hawk would come to raise alongside her. 

it helped, knowing the woman she was being sent to kill had stalked sivaak during her birth. hawk must have not noticed; too busy basking in the sanctity of her cubs being welcomed into the world. they were not blood, but it did not matter. 

when sivaak chose her, hawk became their guardian. and she would snuff whomever dared pose a threat to those cubs. to her wife. 

"it will be done." she bowed her head, woman enough to put her anger and pride aside. "i will not fail." she would not fail anyone.