Herbalists' Cache let the drum speak

[cameo]

ishmira leaves the children for but a moment, standing at the den's mouth with furrowed brow. sun eater spews lies, twists what little truth remains. and now he wants to move the children early? they are newborns, and they will hardly survive a long move in the snow. she glances back at them, wiggling whelps in the dark, and her gaze softens. she has made a promise to morwenna, and she will fight the whole of saatsine if she must.

ishmira retreats into the snow shelter, curling around new life, and waits.