Dragoncrest Cliffs This is the only way to be II

all welcome!

Her labour had begun shortly before dawn, while she was down at Siren's Beach, watching the shadow of the great arch as it stretched across the sand and out toward the ocean as the sun rose to the East. She'd spent some time in the cool waters, hoping it might help her along, wading in far enough that it could help her support the weight of the children she bore. The sea was calm, the swells regular and pulsing. She felt the waters warm as they darkened around her, and she knew her time had come. 

She did not withdraw, but remained with the saltwater coursing with each contraction and push. In the shallows, she lay, the water rising to her elbows, pooling about her belly before withdrawing with each ebb. Both children came quickly and easily; regrettably, she did not have time to call for @Etienne, who had wanted to be present for the birth. She did have an honour for him, yet- one she knew he might accept with happiness in his heart.

The first was paler, with a mahogany hood reminiscent of the fur worn by @Rosalyn. Her body bore the same beige hue of Erzulie, passed on by some miracle. The second was much more the image of her Grandmother- though she bore Chacal's golden shoulder markings. 

Each child passed from the mother, to the ocean, and then was seized back into the wolf's arms again. Pulled from the ocean and cleansed, introduced to their first taste of air as she cleaned the birth sac from each of them. On the thought-stone, warmed by the morning sunlight, she lifted her pups so that she might curl around them now that she, too, was clean. 

Untouched by the cold waves, Chacal lay, tall and proud, with the children christened @Chiro and @Chani at her side. There, she called out for her packmates so they might come to welcome the newest additions to the pack.