Redhawk Caldera writing on the wall

"Yeah, at least a dozen, from what Peregrine has said!" Elwood replied, unknowingly voicing Fox's thoughts at that very moment. It was unlikely that her litter would really be that large, but even if it was, he knew that the whole pack would embrace the Alphas' children and help care for them. Though they had all started out as relative strangers, for the most part, Elwood could now count a handful of his packmates as his close friends.

He glanced at Fox's abdomen, which still looked as smooth and as sleek as ever. In time, though, her sides would swell; Elwood tried to imagine what the petite leader would look like with a pregnant belly. He didn't know much about pregnancy due to his young age, so he was full of questions, some which might not have been appropriate to ask the mother-to-be. But he did inquire, "When will you...know?"