For a little over a year now she had kept her child's father a secret. It was unknown to her is Nahawi would ever return to the island, if he had even left, and why he had never returned. She had lost sight of him before Aadrika was born with the promise that they would soon be together forever. As she traveled back to the safety of the Inlet to wait for him, he never came.

It was the whispers his family used to say about Nahawi that kept her secret. She whispered his name to Aadrike only with the promise that she wouldn't tell anyone else. At least no one here. Her grandmother and mother would be furious if they ever found out. Though she had a feeling her mother would understand. Devi still remembers the day Nahawi saved her from the Lagoon, but also remembers how Sara grew up without him.

Fall had its grip over Tinuvel as the first breeding season rolls around without him. She had lost Gaara to the unknown, even her first born Navi, and now Aadrika was all she had left to keep close. "I love you," she whispers. If it was for her yearling daughter or for someone else it was unknown. Dark eyes watch the cloudy sky with a silent prayer that one day everything would be alright.