Darkness gently graced the hidden valley. Several shadowed figured moved silently among the trees. However, no one noticed one separate from the rest of the group.

The lone figure quietly made her way to the edge of the river, coming across a small, child-sized boat. She wasn't surprised, for she was the one who had left it there. No one saw as she placed a cloth-wrapped bundle into the boat, and send it down the river.

The clouds parted, revealing the moon. The moonlight gleamed on the woman's tears.

"Stay safe, my child" she whispered. She needed to go back before anyone noticed her absence, but she couldn't divert her attention from the boat.

As it drifted farther, the woman forced herself to start walking back. She turned for a last look at the bundle, watching it disappear from sight.

No one seemed to notice that she had left, and no one saw the tears that still fell freely.

No one knew of her secret...