Keep Your Guard Up

***Hey all! Thank you all for your continued support! I see and I'm grateful for every stone/ticket Shuule and friends receive :) I hope this isn't terrible news, but I have to go back to posting a chapter every other day. I've been struggling to keep up and I want to make sure that I make the story good, and not just something spit out every day. THAT SAID, if Doe Eyed does not win a contract in its writing competition, I may drop it, which would mean more time for The Violet Fox. Stay tuned!****

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Shuule sat with Ukko for a long while, stroking his glossy feathers as he clucked lightly. Finally, she felt comfortable leaving when he tucked his head in like a hen, closing his eyes to doze off. They had spoken in length for weeks about how she didn't need to, and in fact shouldn't, sit in vigil the whole time he was nesting.