Swiftcurrent Creek cause tonight it's just fire alarms and losing you [m]

The starling snarl and snap from Alessia could be heard outside the den, the only indication that anything was amiss. The day had progressed like any other, and just like that she knew that it was time. Time for reality to test the strained relationship between the three adults.

Rosalie was grateful she hadn’t wandered far from Alessia’s side, the only person she truly knew and trusted. She couldn’t bring herself to truly settle, not here, not in the home of Kavik. She didn’t trust him, there was no reason to. This man could hurt her Alessia and that couldn’t be allowed. But her opinions on the matter had been muffled and squished to try and give Alessia everything she wanted. Everything she deserved.

But deep down she could still feel the ill feeling that had settled in her stomach. The feeling of being the odd man out, the outsider. Lie struggled with the idea that this was not her happy ending, no matter how much she wanted it to be. She was waiting for someone to point it out, the ugliness of her soul that would corrupt those around her. She felt dirty, trying to poke her nose in on a family she had no right disturbing.

Even with such thoughts Rosalie couldn’t bring herself to move. To vacate the post she had set, waiting for her best friend to birth her children.

Silently closing her eyes, she sent a prayer to the sky. An act that as a child had been habitual, had been long forgotten as an adult. Lie begged the universe for Alessia’s safety, and that of her children. The instinct automatic.

It wasn’t until the strangled cry reach her ears that Lie realized how thoroughly worried she was. How her heart thudded in her chest, and blood rushed through her system. “Alessia?” She couldn’t help the call, nor the swift movement of her paws as she approached the entrance of the den.

The smell of blood and amniotic fluid brought reality back as Lie entered the den. Startled by the sight of her love struggling with nature, the heaving of her stomach and the whimpers the only evidence of the attack. Seafoam green caught sight of the stillborn pups pushed away and discard with the care of a hurting mother. Turning sad eyes on the struggling mother, Lie cautiously made her way closer. Seeking to comfort the woman, she pushed her nose against Alessia’s cheek lingering for a moment to share the pain.

“It’s ok. I’m here.” She whispered softly, her lips alongside Alessia’s ear, “We are here.” Admitting that Kavik was just as necessary a presence as her own, once again pushing away her nature just to please the woman she loved with all her heart.