Swiftcurrent Creek It's getting dark in this heart of mine.

Scimitar came to her, but did not move in to greet her physically and instead placed some distance between them. The part of her that craved the affection and support of another tugged at her already raw heartstrings, but she understood his distance considering the compromising position he'd found himself in on one of their previous encounters. It was simply far too soon to expect normality following the enormous guilt he felt. She looked up at her Alpha, her ears tilted back and a soft, sad smile pulling at the corner of her mouth.

"Shadow came looking for me," she said at once, unwilling to beat around the bush. "He was wounded, and he now knows that I'm expecting." And he thinks I'm trying to keep them from him.. She supposed she had been, for since her departure Paar had hoped that her former mate would not pursue her. He did have a right to see his offspring just as they would have the right to know their father... but she was not sure that Scimitar would grant permission to Shadow to enter his territory no matter how many guards escorted him.

She did not yet continue, as she tried to gauge the cinnamon Alpha's reaction. Paarthurnax worried that he would be angry with her for going to Shadow without the aid of a pack-mate, for anything could have happened considering her former partner's unpredictable nature. "He was unhappy that I kept it from him, but I don't think he would bring harm to the home and mother of his pups."