Author: Thai
Challenge: Fudge Ripple #26 - anguish, Chocolate #27 - determination, Cookies 'N Cream #23 - break
Topping: Hot Fudge (Rocmother-centric)
Rating: PG-13 - pre-piece character death
Timeline: pre-story; prologue Motherhood arc
Story: blood princess
Word Count: 774

( ten. it is no easier to mend a heart than to break it. )