Ouroboros Spine Welcome to our world

Valiant had not strayed far in these past several days, leaving only long enough to hunt for them both, and then not at all as the hours grew short. The changes in her scent and behavior were familiar to him, even if he'd only ever gone through it once as a father himself.

He rose to his paws as he heard her emerge from the den, so that he was already standing when she called for him.

"I'm right here," he assured her, following her hesitantly into the den. He'd been barred from all but one of the births he'd been around for, and he was not certain he would truly be wanted. But he was as present as he was allowed to be, murmuring quiet encouragement and praise.

He only thought of Raindrop, right then. That their children were coming, that he would meet them today, was a concept he was rationally aware of, but completely dismissing while he attended his wife.