Sun Mote Copse She Shall Be Saved in Childbearing

Our children. It still felt surreal. The truth of the matter still hadn't quite sunk in yet, but in time it would. Ar-Khalba would be a father -- and in doing so, he would fulfill his duty to the Malkaria by filling the Sisterhood's ranks with able bodies of his own blood. They would be the first of many, that he was sure. There would be many mothers, with many children. All his. But Asherah, she would be his first. A nagging part of him felt it should have been Eshamun, but that time would come as well.

Ar-Khalba shook his head. "No," he answered, smiling dumbly as he spoke. "This will be my first living litter." It would be a complete lie to say Ar-Khalba wasn't nervous for what was to come, but he knew he would approach the coming months with excitement.