Can't See Past My Blinders

Tana was much rounder than she had been now. The number of pups if one was patient were likely detectable, and she honestly had thought about asking one of the healers to see if they could count them. She wanted to be prepared and to prepare Rhyme for what he was having with her. She could feel the tiny flutter of paws more readily now and if she laid down she bet someone might see the movement from the outside. 


She was relaxing after eating a hare from the hunters stockpile. Her rotund form in as comfortable a position she could find, under the maple tree was easily distinguished, with her red cloak over it. Her bag was left in the den beneath but the red cloak she was hard pressed to remove. She felt like it hid alot of the ugliness that was her. Not that anyone here in Abaven would tell her she was an eyesore, but she already knew it anyway. 


She lifted her head as the sound of Rhyme approached her. A yawn left her before she sat up. She was aware that the birds had left him for some time but was unaware how it had affected him. She didn't know how she would cope if either of her companions ever left her. She gave him a smile in his general direction. She knew he worried more than he should about them all, her and the pups.