All You Have to Give
“Mark my words; he will obey to no orders or pleas. Words of advice will be to him like wind in the trees! Yet on him and the strength of his sons the fate of the world will depend.”
The gaze resting on her womb was heavy. She felt her very breath pressed from her lungs, the energy of life drained from her limbs.
She realized that everything she had to give and more was demanded of her.
“Are you still willing to bear him?” The Vala’s expression was inscrutable.
“Yes,” she whispered. But her eyes were full of tears.