Luneshale Pass I deserve it, don't I?

If only for a short moment, Leto emerged from her den. It was a rare sight with her recently born litter needing her kept close.

Her throat was dry, she needed to drink something. Taking the short trip only a few feet to the stream that ran through the pass she leaned down to lap at the water, freshly thawed in the transition to spring. Leto was beginning to thin down once more, the change clear after months of swelling up.

Lifting her head to take a breath, she felt hesitant to return. Her legs were beginning to cramp up from laying with her children for so long, ears ringing from their whines. Sometimes she questioned whether or not raising them alone was the right decision.

But, it would get easier. She needed to be patient. Looking back towards the den that now belonged to a her family rather than her alone, she felt her expression soften.