Heron Lake Plateau Just smell with your eyes

The question he asked her was a loaded one, and as she returned his embrace, she thought about it. Really thought about it. Her previous pregnancy and the events surrounding her childbirth had been a litany of horrors, for sure. But when she really broke it down and examined each factor piece by piece, it was easy to see that none of the negative events had actually had anything to do with pregnancy itself. Most of it had been folks being assholes (chief among them: Screech). That was a thing that could be controlled with relative ease on her end — simply choosing to let Qui handle that sort of nonsense instead of taking on the stress of it all herself would be a big help.

Screech being out of the picture would be an enormous help too.

So with these thoughts in mind, she looked at her mate with certainty in her amber eyes and answered, ”I am. If you are, of course.” She knew Qui was a cautious wolf and did not like to take risks unnecessarily. While it was necessary that the alpha pair of a wolf pack reproduce, she knew that if it came down to following what was traditionally expected of their position or choosing to keep her safe from potential harm, he would choose the latter.