Never Far Away

A shallow whine itched his throat and Bane anxiously switched his gait to turn around and pace in the opposite direction. Eyes never left the brown she wolf before him. Tahlia however was already moving past him even as the female in front of the two mate's turned and revealed her herself fully to them. "Anais." Bane inhaled sharply as his daughter spoke the titles of parentage. It had been so long since he'd been called 'dad'. So long since he'd had another face to see besides his mates. Tahlia however was already wrapping their daughter up in an embrace, already conveying the love lost between the wolves time separated and Bane eagerly darted forward to comfort the two women before him. Hell, he was even choking back a sob of pride at his girl's healthy and happy appearance if one could look past all the tears.

The father and husband gathered up the two females in his forelegs and gave them a tight embrace. Oh this was a joyous reunion for the family as lost time was easily starting to be made up by a simple embrace. Anais's gaze was met as she removed herself from Tahlia to press her face against his neck. The old wolf's legs gave a wobble as they slipped away from Tahlia's shoulder to hold Anais fully. Feeling each breath she gave as he was treated to the strange not-touch between them. "I've missed you so much my little Talutah. So, so much." Bane whined and tried not to blink and rid his eyes of the building tears that way. He didn't want his little girl to see his sorrow at this reunion and instead planted a kiss between her ears and took to rubbing her shoulders. He gave a Tahlia an anxious smile, so glad that their first offspring between them was here now but bursting full of questions as to what had happened since the last time he'd been with her since he died.