Chimera Fields burn

Really? That was how they always looked? She would have called him a quack if the evidence wasn't right in front of her.

She was hesitant as she pulled her daughter over to be cleaned. Hokulani supposed that if nothing else, she was grateful to have a girl. The less mele in the world, the better.

The next puppy came after ten minutes of huffing, puffing, and ruthless pain. They felt larger than the first two, but the pain was more pressure than anything to cause her alarm. For all the time he took, the last son slipped out with ease. Hokulani felt sure that if any of them was from the forest brute rather than Aureli, it was this one based on size alone.

Later he would be named Ripstorm, her own gift to her mate, but for now he was a reminder that she wasn't here. Hokulani pulled him forwards, and laid her head down just a moment later. She swore that swimming across the ocean wouldn't even leave her this exhausted.

I'm never doing this shit again. Even she knew that was a lie. In just a day she would forget all of the pain, and the love reserved only for her children might blossom. ..Thanks for keeping your promise.