Whitefish River Like a bolt out of the blue

Sumi, it was the name she wanted to pry out of her friend but knew better. Was this child the one she shared with her husband, named after his late mother? It had to be, instead of prying she smiled. She watched the little ones as they tried to figure out and fail spectacularly, what they were to do on their own. Without thinking she placed her own plush tail over Reiko's as an added comfort, very gingerly so that they would not be too warm.

Words, her friend was talking. Her pale eyes moved to ice blue as she spoke fondly of the first little boy, the big boy, Haruki. He was the firstborn, so he was the Heir to the kingdom because Reiko did not seem to want to raise them together. What did she think, that her children would have a chance, stupid woman. they would not be raised as siblings the way she wanted but separately, even those that would share genetics with her children would not know. This thought made her sad. Insteadof speaking, she nodded.