Bearclaw Valley when the sunlight is arising

last from me ! <3

the child, not her child, seemed confused. astara felt no pang of sympathy, no remorse, as he looked from her to his new caretaker, and then around him. she assumed he was searching for the other sibling, who astara would bring promptly to averna.

come, averna intoned. astara rose and began to move off. a weight had been lifted from her shoulders then. relief flooded her, for with those two gone, perhaps her children would love her again.