Birth - Hearth and Bard Short Stories

Shisei has found her place as a mask-maker and eagerly awaits the coming of her first child. But complications arise and even with the help of her sisters and the midwife, she might not survive. Shisei must draw on the wisdom of her husband, the trickery of the kitsune, and her own ability to create illusions to beat death. BIRTH is a novelette that takes place after the events in the novel FOURTH SISTER.