Queen of Lost Stars (Dragonblade Series/house of St. Hever)
“Mavia hissed. “She will want to see her child!”
An old man in smelly woolen robes and a head of stringy white hair simply shook his head. “She will not,” he said. “She knows her child is dead. He was born with the birthing cord wrapped around his neck. She’ll not ask for him.”
Mavia stood at the chamber door, peeking into the small, cramped chamber beyond where Madelayne had recently given birth. She could see the woman lying on the bed, bundled up and lying on her side. Mavia thought she was s...leeping. The child had been big enough, unlike the previous child she had birthed who had been born far too early, but this son had been born with the cord wrapped around his neck and his face shades of blue. It was heartbreaking, truly. Madelayne had feared for this child so and her worst fears had come to light. Mavia sighed heavily.
“My heart grieves for her,” Mavia whispered. “She wanted this child so badly. Why do you suppose such things happen, Dolwyd? Madelayne is a good woman.MoreLess
An old man in smelly woolen robes and a head of stringy white hair simply shook his head. “She will not,” he said. “She knows her child is dead. He was born with the birthing cord wrapped around his neck. She’ll not ask for him.”
Mavia stood at the chamber door, peeking into the small, cramped chamber beyond where Madelayne had recently given birth. She could see the woman lying on the bed, bundled up and lying on her side. Mavia thought she was s...leeping. The child had been big enough, unlike the previous child she had birthed who had been born far too early, but this son had been born with the cord wrapped around his neck and his face shades of blue. It was heartbreaking, truly. Madelayne had feared for this child so and her worst fears had come to light. Mavia sighed heavily.
“My heart grieves for her,” Mavia whispered. “She wanted this child so badly. Why do you suppose such things happen, Dolwyd? Madelayne is a good woman.MoreLess
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