Ravensblood Forest letter of marque

even if mireille had wished, she was not in a state to be away from the pups, or even on her feet, for any stretch of time. another mark against the young male inexperienced in the state of gravid women. 
and she did not wish to find chani's body.
gaze veiled, she turned it away from the captain and his pirate, and back to the life at her side.
in her mind, she begged the lwa for chani's life.