Morningside Cuesta my body is a flower and i am ready to bloom

@Sunspot

The whelping den was beginning to feel less like a cramped cell and more like a second home. Lavender buds lined the entrance and lay scattered near the rear wall, alongside blown about feathers and other debris. Khoe had been doing her best to keep the space tidy for the pups, as she knew that their arrival could very well be any day, but standing for longer than a second had become a blessing. Her spine was so uncomfortably curved that she was beginning to look misshapen, and that was without the added oddity of her stomach which now hung almost low enough to grace the ground. 

The sun was beginning to rise, yet rather than leaving her space to go watch, Khoe sat within the confines of her den and tried her best to hold back whimpers as she looked on from afar.