Soon, I fell into a routine. Having been wed and the shock had passed, I was given little tasks to undertake as I started to learn what being Rual’s mate entailed.
The worry about children, which had happily sunk to the back of my mind, came flooding back quicker than I expected. Only six months had passed, and I started to feel tired. I started staying later and later in bed. Rual got worried when I started missing warrior training and seemed to be avoiding certain foods.
Rual asked his mother for suggestions on what had ailed me and was pleasantly surprised that his mother thought their first great-grandchild was on the way.
I entered the dining hall for breakfast and was almost gagged by the smell. Eggs were not my favorite food, and I rarely ate them, but the smell was never a probl
