kiss me like you mean goodbye, said the spider to the fly

We're going to be secret lovers, OBVS. Yay Danica!

The quietly hissed shit did not go unnoticed. Bazi whirled about to face the source of the sound with a dexterity that would soon be a thing of the past, eyes wide and ears standing high on her head. "Hello?" she declared, scanning the gently dancing tops of the reeds that surrounded her. It took a little while to isolate the golden body responsible, but when she did, Bazi felt an overwhelming sense of relief. She's alive. Bazi had vague and shameful memories of wishing the Duskfire wolf a speedy departure to off the face of the planet, and the thought had been one of many to resurface and gnaw at her over the past few weeks. Pregnancy forced the mind into all manner of uncomfortable extremes.

Bazi took a step forward, crossing into previously unflattened territory. The grass grazed uncomfortably against her belly. "Danica?" she demanded a little louder.