Whitefish River Go Ahead Face the Day

She had actually just woken from a short nap to an empty den aside from herself and her children. She wasn't sure where Emrik might be right then; he was a busy man, and she knew whatever it was that pulled him away from his family must have been important. For all she knew, her handsome husband would come waltzing through the den entrance at any moment carrying some kind of meal for her. 

But the sound she heard outside was not from her mate but from someone else she was just as delighted to see. She had wondered often about how the Count was doing. Her visits had obviously stopped once her own children were born and she very much missed her time with Ira.

Her son and daughter both still slept against her, and she quietly called out: Hey, Ira. Please come in. She didn't want to wake the children, that was never a quiet ordeal, and she wanted some time with her friend to see how things were going.