venom of venus

Kenway had made a delivery before the raid had been called, a surprise for Jael, (a surprise for him when his mother had told him to put it in her room), smelling of the soap they had crafted together and causing Modesty to smile. Now, Sakana is with her as she prowls the beach, awaiting the outcome of the raid. Jael is the first to return and even then she barely makes it out of the water. It's nothing for Modesty to pick the little dog up, Sakana helping to position her across the leaders back, mindful to keep her quills settled to save the other woman any more pain.

There were several fires set up in the healing camp, she needed to be on hand for all of them, after all, as much as she wanted to spirit the girl away upstairs, she picked a fire on the edge of the gathering and placed her out on the furs that had been laid to keep sand out of wounds. She uncorked a bottle to have on hand, gently nudging the girls face. Salt water had done a good job to start, but there was work to be done yet. “Jael, you're going to want some of this before I start stitching you up. Come on now, you're tougher than that.” She insistently nibbled under the dogs ear, licking at her cheek and over her eyes. “Time to face the music sunshine, the hurting isn't over yet.”

“Speech.”