The blind she-wolf accepted the name, and Levent smiled. It was kind of silly—and definitely cheesy—but he felt at peace for the first time in his life, sitting with a woman he hoped to love and watching the birth of children he hoped to raise. All his other problems, all the nightmares that confronted him on moonless nights, seemed to disappear, banished even beyond the back of his mind where they were used to lingering. He was just happy, and there was nothing more to it. Perhaps this was yeryüzü cenneti, if only in these moments.
The contractions began again, and Levent offered support in a comforting touch or massage when he felt it appropriate. Near the end, he allowed Hotaru to fight alone, aiding her only in silent prayers to his god. At last, the bundle slipped from between her thighs, and he kept his distance until she had named the child—a son, his son—and asked him for a description. He reached out to touch the wriggling little creature with a finger, fascinated.
“He’s brown—a deep brown like me.” He touched a different-hued streak on his back. “But from his nose to along his spine, he’s an almost faded grey-tawny like your chest and tail.” He knew she’d be able to imagine that color well, at least. “And cream on his stubby little tail,” he said, grinning, “and on his paws and around his eyes, too.”
Although he wasn’t really familiar with the processes of birth, he saw that the two puppies were the only ones that would come. Reclining on the furs, Levent sighed happily and tiredly—as if he’d been the one in labor—then offered a self-conscious simper that Hotaru wouldn’t even be able to see. When she gestured for Dalgina to come into the room, the new father shot her an absolutely blissful, proud smile and scooted back so she could see.
(322) Blisssss!
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