Angels on the Moon

Ghita Marino · 12-11-2010, 05:25 PM

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Okay, so Fia needs to be born. >_> I'm going to post in here (Savina gave me the okay), and any/everyone else can do a wrap-up post if they want to before it's closed. Thanks for stopping by! ^_^

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Her last pup seemed to be her most stubborn, and the few minutes ticked by silently before Ghita's body became ready to bring her next child to life. The fae did her best to keep from panicking, but she couldn't help but wonder if something was going wrong. What if the pup's two brothers had somehow ruined the last puppy's chances at life? What if Ghita was failing in her duty to bring all of her children into the world? What if she had to revisit that dark place she had inhabited after her past miscarriage? Even though her two boys were healthy and happy, Ghita knew that she would not be able to easily hang on if she had to revisit the trauma of another miscarriage.

But luckily, the scent of her brother arriving brought a reprieve to Ghita's panicked thoughts. Focusing on Ehno's arrival, a part of her remarked that she could only think of one birthing involving the Marinos where all three siblings had attended. Ghita had run out on Savina's first litter; Ghita's miscarriage had only been witnessed by Savina; Ghita's second attempt at a litter only had Savina as the Marino representative, and the birth of Ehno's children had been in faraway lands. Only Savina's second litter had been viewed by all siblings, and that birthing had turned out fine. Maybe because she was now surrounded by support, the last pup would find it within itself to reach life, she hoped.

Meeting Ehno's eyes, she gave a lopsided smile to him, her body aching with the effort of the birthing. She could only focus on the image of her brother for a moment, however, as her loins stirred once more with the last pup involved. Taking a deep breath, the woman pushed with all of her might, not needing Cambria to tell her anymore. With the intuition of a mother, she knew that time was of the essence, and so couldn't, no, wouldn't stop for nothing - not air, not pain, not voices of reason - until this last pup could be seen away from her, as a separate entity.

And then, finally, the pup arrived, along with a collection of blood and fluid enough to make a weaker wolf squeamish. Moving herself to lick the child's airway clean, the startling white pelt of Amata appeared, accented with ebony from Jazper. But it wasn't until she could hear the faint heartbeat of the baby, and then her first breath, before Ghita announced with pride, “"It's a girl." Grinning with delirium at this point, she held onto her daughter for an extra moment, tongue caressing the girl as she stared at Jazper, waiting for him to point the small bundles towards her stomach to take their first meal.

Taking a look around at everyone's happy faces, Ghita let out a sigh of relief and contentment, the pain already beginning to ebb slightly now that the panic was over. All three of her new children had entered this world alive - and apparently healthy - and that was all that Ghita could ask for. With rare tears in her eyes, she looked over her audience with the serene grace of a mother, thanking them silently one by one. After a moment of staring at them, Ghita returned her turquoise gaze to Jazper, nodding gently. “"Tony, Lorenzo, and Fia - the names we agreed on." She grinned, pointing with her nose to each pup in birth order.

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