Motherhood had certainly changed things, but it had not diminished Anais's need to be productive. She loved watching over her children and cherished every moment she had with them, but even already she could see that they were becoming more independent, more inclined and unafraid to strike out on their own. It made her miss when they had been helpless little babes, unable to leave the den and only ever needing her there beside them, but she knew this was good. It meant they would soon learn about the pack from their experiences with their family members, and would begin their journeys to find out what they wished to do in the bigger scheme of things.
It also meant she was becoming more and more free to begin her own work again. Though she tried still to keep an eye out for the girls, she had taken up monitoring the Prairie, noting how the full time presence of the pack had changed the habits of the prey who lived there. She figured she would need to devote some time soon to seeing what could be done about it, but as a howl rang out over the spring field she knew it would have to wait. Voltage was calling them together, and she was interested in hearing what news he had to tell them.
It took her a bit to make her way toward the gathering that she saw collecting amid the grasses and surrounding a rock, on which stood Voltage with a suspiciously bright smile. As if the expression was infectious, Anais found herself beginning to smile too as she approached her packmates and family members, delighted even more when she realized both Seraphiel and Aurora were there as well as Glacier. For a second she hesitated - almost she went to join her two daughters, but that would have ruined the little streak of independence they were currently exuding by standing on their own amid the gathered wolves. Instead, she maneuvered her way to Glacier's side, offering his shoulder a quick nuzzle as she looked upward into his face brightly and then turned expectantly toward Voltage.
* Because he has become her protector, Glacier is allowed into any and all threads that Anais may be in, regardless of how they are tagged.
