Ravensblood Forest All I do is love in spades

chacal was an illusion that shimmered before mireille where she lay prone, half-curled around the newborn lives which had wrenched her with such ordeal. constant pain had separated mind from body, and she was thankful for it.
the children nursed and slept.
chacal took care of her, and mireille in turn insisted that they share rations, that her sister sleep while she watched for them.
they both had suffered, but murkwood had stolen so much from chacal.
when the dark woman moved away, she lay back, staring at the slowly moving shadows which marked the progress of the sun.
chani was dead. did chacal know?