It's Rydel's birthday today, so why not draw her with little River? And she looks happyyyyyyy.

River is a week old, and this is after Pierce ended up saving his life from starving to death (since Rydel can barely feed him).

She had to learn to trust Pierce as well as Jack, the doctor guy who lives in the area, as he is the one who teachers her how to use a bottle to feed him. When she needs to hunt she trusts them enough to look after her offspring.
Pierce doesn't help out too much.

Rydel gets speaking lessons, too, from Jack, so they can better communicate with each other.

Warning: do not make this about yourself