Verdant Basin [M]aiden Pink

For a long moment, there was silence. When they separated, Alder almost expected her to run off again, but then she rolled back onto her haunches to sit, and Alder followed suit. He was oblivious to her internal scolding.

                "I'll be their father, Honey -- I won't abandon my children."

Grumbling ill-temperedly, the King lashed his tail. As much trouble as he got himself in, he would not be the deadbeat parent his mother was. If there was anything he could say he was, it was loyal to his children -- even those unborn -- and parenthood.