Ouroboros Spine And you said, “We are in the wild.”

"four," kukutux said softly. "i took a wife this year, sakhmet. aiolos gave us both children. two moons ago, arrluk, massaraq, and kassuq were born of my body. a girl, galana, was born to sakhmet."

a touch of pain flickered into her gentle green gaze. "my wife grieves for the husband who made his path away from her, and the son who has not come home. she has gone to find them."

the trees along the anik lake stirred.