Poor X'yrin. Good thing Kiara's dense.
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Ever since her meeting with Saluce, Kiara had diligently followed her training program. She had repeated the drills fifty times, twice a day, and had even added long distance running to her schedule. The result of her training was obvious. Her muscles were well defined and she looked like the picture of health, except of course for her bulging sides. The puppies weren't kicking yet, but at seven weeks into her pregnancy she definitely looked the part. The up side to her pregnancy, she would be a mother and have puppies of her own. The down side, she couldn't do her drills anymore. It was challenging enough just to feed herself because the father of her puppies had gone missing, thus making the drills and extra running a forgotten thing.
Kiara had returned from an unsuccessful hunt about half an hour before X'yrin showed up. Once she managed to crawl into her den she had gone strait to sleep. A soft and familiar yip brought Kiara out of her dreams. The first thing she saw in the dim of her den was the blue scarf she had received from X'yrin, which rested on a bed of dried grass to keep it safe from any dirt that could harm it. Kiara's ear flicked to the entrance of the den as her sleepy mind registered the call. The snow wolf replied with her own yip, to alert X'yrin that she was coming and to buy herself some extra time. Slowly the mother-to-be stood and stretched out her aching back for a few moments. Kiara moved towards the entrance of her den, and was surprised to pick up the scent of a deer.
At first she exited the den with a puzzled look, wondering why there was a deer pelt at the entrance of her den. Then it hit her, it was another present from X'yrin. Kiara's tail wagged and a happy grin spread across her face. There she was, the golden wolf whom Kiara loved. She was a pack mate, her leader, and most importantly, her friend. Although the sudden change in leadership and X'yrin's decisions during the meeting had confused the snow wolf, those things held little consequence when it came to their friendship. Kiara carefully moved around the deer pelt before she jumped at X'yrin to give the large luperci her usual shower of licks. "X'yrin! Thank you so much!"
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