Moonspear Ikkik

They do, yes.

The man nodded his head. She did not lie – children needed a support system on which to grow and flourish. That could not be done well when they only took from one half of their parents. That had not entirely been what he’d meant, though. Issorartuyok had no problems if his children wished to become shamans. Perhaps it was a simple matter, but it still carried in his mind.

You would wish for them to carry the name Blackwood Mayfair, would you not? For your blood is a thing of honor. I have that same wish- for my own. The Tatkret wolves are honorable, and they are loved. I would like for my children to carry this, too.

The northern man wondered why that was.

Perhaps so that they have a part of me, no matter who they become or where they will go.

Issorartuyok thought of his mother and breathed deeply.