Redtail Rise da capo

i'm just going to be vague about stuff for now. i didn't want to wait XD

The exhaustion only seemed to get worse with every day. She was more round even than the day she had arrived; it seemed the pups were suddenly going through a growth spurt or something. She could feel them moving within her now. First it felt like butterflies in her stomach, like the ones she used to get around Aves before they were together. Now she could distinctly feel kicking against her organs. She wondered if her husband would be able to feel it from the outside. She was waiting for the right time to try it out. Maybe when they were more settled. 

She was dozing in the den when she heard steps outside, followed by Ashlar's scent. She knew him from her early days in Ursus; she had no opinion of him one way or the other, and whatever had happened in Ursus didn't matter here. 

She lifted her head from the cool ground. The scent of food wafted in. Come in, Ashlar, she said softly. It was kind of him to bring her food.