Take up your new name
11-17-2017, 09:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-17-2017, 09:57 PM by Zephyr I.)
No matter how many times they had done this, it didn't stop a stifling fear from grabbing hold of him, and couldn't subdue the nervous excitement that bubbled within his stomach as he waited for the next child to come. Part of him wondered if he was even more afraid that Caelum was - at least she knew what the pain was like, and knew what she could endure. He wished he could tend to the child that lay at her belly, but knew better than to break her concentration. It wasn't immediately apparent that anything was wrong - the soft sounds that had left its mouth grew quiet, though his attention was captured by the contractions that suddenly arrived again, another child entering the world. Somehow Zephyr had been so focused on the arrival of life, having never anticipated losing a child so quickly, and the sobs that suddenly took hold of Caelum took him by surprise. It took a moment too long for him to realize what was happening, that the one moving child was suddenly still, though the second seemed to be moving with much more vigor. He had no time to mourn, no time to truly process - his focus was on comforting Caelum, on pressing his head tighter against her own and pulling her just a bit closer to him and keep her grounded until this was over. It was all he could do to just swallow hard and press his eyes closed for a moment, knowing he had to be strong for her now. He wasn't sure how long it was, but after some time she was still, with two wriggling children and one painfully still one. Despite the heavy feeling of loss that suddenly ravaged him as Caelum leaned back against him, he was overwhelmed with joy too. He hadn't truly felt so happy in a long time, since he'd been a different wolf entirely. Zephyr sighed, letting out a worried breath that he'd been holding. He considered it for a moment; it'd been something he'd been musing over for the last few weeks, only to himself though. "She should be called Caelestis," he suggested softly, gazing at her for input. |
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