Brie started dragging Yehudit to the door. "I'm not rubbing it in, but it is my responsibility to make her realize what her life will be like now. Leave the parenting to me and my husband little girl."

Yehudit dug in her heels, ignoring how much it made her ankle hurt.

"I think Sileas realizes it well enough! She was engaged! If the raid hadn't happened she and Larrigan would have been married by now!" Yehudit growled. "I bet you canoodled before you were properly wed- you just didn't get knocked up so you think you're better than her."

"Mama! Yehudit! Stop!" Sileas clutched her stomach, the stress making her feel sick again.

Difyr touched Sileas's shoulder. "I'll make some ginger tea to settle your stomach." She frowned at Brighid and Yehudit. "If you are going to fight please take it outside. Mrs Spenser, if you are going to scold Sileas please at least give her time to digest this. You yourself were quite shocked to learn that you were pregnant."

"I have done all of my scolding. I don't know that Shawn will not want to do some himself but I won't see him until later." She released Yehudit's ear and hurried to Sileas. She sat down next to her and wrapped her arm around her.

Difyr relaxed as she saw that Mrs Spenser was done scolding.

"Okay. Do you know what became of Ila?" Difyr asked.

"No, I'm sorry, I don't," Brie said as she rubbed Sileas' arm.

Yehudit flopped back down on the bed one Sileas's other side, trying to hide how much her ankle was hurting.

Why do so many things have to happen at once? Difyr prayed that Ila was all right and not doing something rash.

"I'll send down some ginger tea... And something for Yehudit's ankle." Difyr said.

"Thank you, Difyr," Sileas said before snuggling against her mother. She wondered if her stuffed animal was in one of the trunks.

As she headed out Difyr remembered that she had put water on the fire to heat for Kadelyn's bath. She ran the rest of the way up the stairs.

"Are you going to name it after me?" Yehudit asked randomly.

Sileas blinked. "I haven't had enough time to think of names. Though It think if it's a boy, I'll name him Larrigan." Her eyes welled with tears. He would have been so overjoyed at this news and he wasn't here to share it with her.

"Yehudit isn't a very good boy's name." Yehudit admitted and hugged Sileas. "You... You still have part of Larrigan. It's not all bad."

Sileas nodded, pressing her face against Brie's shoulder. "It's not fair. He should still be here to raise his child. He would have been so happy with this turn of events."

"I know... But now you got..." Yehudit trailed off, realizing that Wulfsen might not be all right with raising another man's child. Yehudit tightened her hands into fists.

Brie wrapped both arms around Sileas. She was so hoping Sileas might yet find someone to love her but this...Brie managed to silently sigh. She was happy, angry and disappointed, all rolled into one.
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Yehudit stood up, careful not to put any weight on her bad ankle. She limped to the door.

Sileas curled against her mother. She would have to tell Wulfsen very soon. She didn't know what she would do then.

Yehudit began trying to climb the stairs.

Difyr returned with a pot of ginger tea and a bottle of pain remedy for Yehudit's ankle.

"This should help settle your stomach." Difyr told Sileas.

"Thank you, Difyr." She appeared to be on the verge of sleep as her mother fixed a cup of the tea for her.

"How are you feeling?" Difyr asked.

"Better. Tired out, a nap wouldn't be amiss." Sileas half laughed. "Did anyone ever expect to her me ever say I could use a nap?"

"You probably need one." Difyr smoothed Sileas's hair. "Where did Yehudit go? I brought her something for her ankle."