Part 1: Abandoned

Chapter 1: Kuvira's Birth

The storm from three days earlier continued. "At this rate, we won't need the midwife," Asara stated.

"Now, dear, Kuruk isn't due for anything two days," Kano replied.

"Tell that to him," Asara replied.

Kano rolled his eyes. The midwife soon arrived. "The child shouldn't be here for another couple of days, correct?" She asked.

Asara shrugged. Then the midwife noticed the wife was clearly already in labor. The two women went into the bedroom and Asara screamed as she gave birth. "It's a girl," the midwife reported.

"And Asara?" Kano asked.

"She is no more," the midwife replied softly.

Kano instantly understood. This thing the midwife was holding cost him his wife.

"Take that disgusting thing away," Kano stated, glaring coldly at the baby.

"But she is your child," the midwife replied.

"It means nothing to me," Kano snapped. "Name it what you will, but it is not to remain under my roof!"

The midwife nodded in fear and took the child to a nearby orphanage.