Ember woke to an empty bed. Her heart was sick with worry for her mate. She sighed and got herself up out of bed. She took a hot shower and ran her hand idly over her still flat stomach. She wondered how long it would take for her to begin to show signs of her pregnancy. She wondered about a lot of things. Would it be a boy or a girl? Would they look like Artemis or more like her? Would she be a good mother? There were a lot of things that she thought about, but most of all... She prayed to the Goddess, that her mate would make it back to her.
Ember dressed in a loose-fitting gray sundress that was tied around the neck, and a pair of comfortable wedges for her feet. She pinned her hair half-up as she always did, and made her way to her office. The first two women that came into the Luna'
