Sedge

Laying eggs into mite-ridden grass

📗 The following story stands alone and can be read without any knowledge of my prior works, but does take place immediately before Egg (in which a winged warrior defends his nest).

Kala scratched the feathers surrounding her cloaca and grimaced as tiny mites fell like rain onto her eggs.

"Sorry," her mate said, just as frustrated. As a safe place for ref…