Golden Glade The Bastard Royals

Heartha smiled lightly at Eden. "Thank you...I knew I could..trust you." She watched Eden, and her smile brightened at Alder and his joke. There was a bit more pain, and she did not try to hide. "That is..normal." It was a good thing that they made sound. If they were unhealthy in any way they would be unusually quiet.

She waited. And waited. Until finally, the contractions reached maximum. She groaned in pain as she began pushing, and pushing. The pup was not hard to get out. But eventually, it came out behind her. She shuffled around slowly to carefully break the sac open and give the pup inside a quick clean with her tongue. A white female pup with a black tip muzzle and one black paw, as well as ginger patches here and there. Heartha smiled at how much the pup resembled herself. And by looking over it, it seemed healthy. She moved it close to her stomach where it would have to find it's own way to her teats. But there was not much time to smile as more came.

Another pup came soon after. A white pup. But this one, something was wrong. Before she could do anything, she realised that it was too late and was not breathing. There was nothing that could be done. Heartha had talked with many other mothers who had suffered stillborns. But having one herself, she couldn't help but shed a tear.

A third, and last as she hoped, was a bit of a struggle. It took a little longer than the others, but came out nonetheless. After cleaning the remnants of the sack off, she saw it to be a male with a russet coat and much darker brindle along his head, back, sides and top of his tail as well as white undersides and cheeks. Much more like his father.

The contractions stopped after that. After moving the male over to her stomach, she raised her head as high as she could. But not before hiding the stillborn her. She felt some shame in having birthed a stillborn, and would remember to bury it later.

"Alder...You may come and see them."

@Tulip @Bramble you have been born!