Morningside Cuesta the british are coming! (they might be a while)

Day gave a soft sigh as Akuti's response reached his ears. She was close - he did not know how the knowledge had come to him, but it was undeinable, now. Something in her scent had changed, and there was a new sort of tension in her small but heavy frame.

"I think it's about that time," he said to Krypton, a river of relief-excitment-fear coursing through him. He'd nearly missed it. "I thought we'd have a few more days," he admitted.

He looked back at his pretty mate, but she didn't seem to be distressed, so he settled onto his haunches right there. This wasn't her first litter, and he trusted her to call if she needed them.

"Thank you for coming, Kryp," he said to the woman beside him, glad that Akuti would not have to go through this without support. (Sunspot had been an option, but even she had expressed anxiety over the size of his mate's belly when compared to her tiny frame.)