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Hearing the soft utterance from inside the den, the female deduced she would not have to wait long. She lifted her head with ah optimistic perk, glad that she was not ignored but received by her friend. This was surely a good sign one she took great pleasure in and allowed her tail to sway happily as she waited in the soft afternoon light to be joined by the snowy female.
She sighed contentedly as the wind played through her loose mane, the soft breaths attempting to comb away the unruly mass that concealed her eyes. She had taken to leaving them as they were lately, finding no sense in making a part just for others to see her eyes. As long as she could see through the minute slivers of light, she was fine. And through the auburn veil she could see the noticeable white emerge from the shadowed keep, rushing forward to adorn her muzzle with friendly licks. The she-wolf smiled endearingly as a growl softly shook her vocals and returned a few adoring kisses of her own.
When granted a moment to breathe she acknowledged her gift just as Kiara had but it was a short-lived glance as her eyes returned to the very white…very rounded female. The rapid beats of her heart set alight with glee suddenly stilled as her eyes settled on the plump form of the young female. Joined with her healthy glow was also the illuminating essence of life forming within her, nearing its time to be brought into the world. How the woman hadn’t noticed this before, she didn’t know… or rather she chose not to think about how a moment of precedence could have escaped her knowing. She couldn’t help feeling strange as she looked at the swelling belly, somewhat lost as to how she should take this.
Unknowingly the Shepard had grounded herself with her eyes remaining locked on the smaller form. Her heart had regained its rhythm, but it was slow…almost painful. Kiara was going to have pups of her own, just as Jace and Nayru had pups…just as Charm was near giving birth. It was a strange and shamefully admitted an unsettling concept to wrap her mind around. She wondered briefly if this was what it was like to see a sibling become pregnant and being the ‘last’ to know. Yet as she delved into the feeling, she recognized that unique sting that pricked the walls of her heart and made it difficult for her to breathe with each quiet inhale.
Yet, she turned her gaze to the face of the young female and pulled her lips into a soft smile of congratulations and offered her praises with a wag of her tail and deep lick across her snowy crown. Yes, it was a strange feeling she had in her heart, but it would not stop her from exhibiting her good will and wishes to the expecting mother. No. She could be glad for the mother-to-be. “When did this miracle happen?”