Ravensblood Forest yon lanmè nwa

She tried to hush her sister’s cries, so she might not draw too much attention, only to realize when Chani sang out, calling for aid, that opportunity had come. She looked to her daughter with sad, tired eyes. Tears gathered, and fell when she locked eyes with Chani, and gave a faint nod.

In the wake of Séraphine’s birth, a new voice would raise and split through the moans and gasps of her sister as she whelped. She felt the pressure deep within her build, to ripple the muscles of her abdomen. She cried out, as her own labour began.