THE WATCHERS AMAZED

He needed to get her to safety and the next village was five moons away. The night had come and all he had asides his dying wife were the rags left by the villagers who left.
He tried to carry her but it was too painful for her. He gathered the rags around her and wept till he had no more tears in him.
“Remove this child from me” she said almost breathless. He shifted at the sound of her voice and was perplexed at what she said.
“I have no strength in me to push it out and I will not have her die inside me, so get her out!” he was more than startled.
He didn’t want to do what she was suggesting, so he tried to carry her to the next village. He gave her all the food and water they had and she was still alive three moons later. They were almost at the village and he urged her to stay alive.
On the fourth moon, when the village was in sight, he felt life leave her. He had never known such a feeling in all his years but now he felt it. She was in his arms but she wasn’t. He stopped, tried to open her eyes, tried to breathe into her, tried to give her a drink but she didn’t come alive. She had gone and a piece of him had left with her. But no! Not all of him should go.
He did the worse thing he had ever known. No man had ever done what he did and he wished that he didn’t have to.
The watchers were amazed when they beheld Jorgan slice the stomach of his wife.
“Remove this child from me” was all he heard and so he did.
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