Swiftcurrent Creek Instant Crush

I thought I'd snatch the honour of being the first non-family wolf to pay a visit.. :D It'll just be the one post!

Bazi strayed near the Sveijarn den quite by chance whilst zigzagging across Swiftcurrent Creek in the early hours of dawn. The Sunspire's long shadow had birthed a paranoia that had taken up residence in her heart, driving the young Beta to patrol incessantly around and across their woefully exposed home. The flatness of it was both a disadvantage and a plus - they would see the enemy coming, but there was nothing stopping them from coming in the first place.

Tuwawi's labour was long over when Bazi neared, and Njal had recently returned from his own patrols. The scent of him hung in the air where his body had been, and she followed it to within a hundred meters of the dark den. She sunk to her haunches here, her back to the entrance and keen eyes roving over the flat horizon.

Thoughts turned to the impending birth when suddenly, unbelievably, a high-pitched mewling escaped into the morning. Bazi nearly twisted her own head off turning towards the sound, and only averted a crick by twisting backwards, cat-like, and flopping to the ground. A second, thin little voice responded to the first, and she heard Njal's low bass murmur something incomprehensible. Creek children.. The very first - safely delivered.

The ghostly outrider climbed swiftly to her feet, grinning like a fool. She would guard the privacy of this moment for them, though it was near impossible to focus on the possibility of danger when happiness radiated from the birthing den like the heat of a tiny, fierce little sun.