Golden Glade Coming Home Once Again

He'd kept walking towards the tunnels in hopes she was there, and if she didn't come to him, then Alder would go right down into the tunnels.

Fortunatley, Aspen heard and came - and the Queen was happy to see him. She was smiling, and though her tail was high, it was also wagging. 
To her, he would lay low. His own tail wagged low, and he lowered his head as she approached - he knew that he was in trouble, even if still from the affair. His one open eye flicked at once to her swollen belly, and a grin spread across his face. 

She pressed into him though, nuzzling into his shouder and breathing deeply. Draping his neck over her shoulders and putting a paw around her waist, Alder pulled his wife close in a warm embrace - niether of them willing to let go. She said she missed him, but the first thing out of his inky maw was an apology.
     
                                 "Aspen, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to be gone so long: I got really, really sick on my way home. Could barely hunt to feed myself. I missed you too, my angel. I'll never leave again...."