BOUND TO THE DYING HEIR
said the Goddess softly, "is the first wolf in sixteen hundred years conceived on both sides of the door. She is moon and flesh and thread, all in one. When she is grown, she will be able to hold the whole sky in one hand and not let it fall."
"No," I said.
"Evan."
"No." I stepped in front of Odessa. The gold in my eyes was burning. "She's a baby. She isn't even born. You don't get to say what she's for."
"I am not saying what she's for," the Goddess said gently. "I am saying what she is. The choice is hers, and yours, and your wife's. But I thought you should know before the sky decided for you."
Behind me, Odessa made a small, broken sound.