pain they never knew

Hannibal rested with his head idly upon the tops of large front paws. His eyes flicked around the river as he observed the ice cold water flow. There were various points in which the water was shallow enough to cross. He had even made a little make shift land bridge with some larger rocks when it was a bit warmer. Hannibal's thoughts were muddled as the sounds of paws falls filled his ears. Due to being in the constraints of his pack's territory he had no concern. Mis-matched eyes moved towards the sound of the Wolf approaching and he raised a brow as Leera settled in a few tail lengths away from his location. His gaze moved to her plump belly and it seemed as though this cream colored babe was a bit behind Thys in pregnancy. But, the two companions would be raising their pups together. Despite Thys and Hanni's toxic nature he was glad the exotic woman had a friend in the pack. Perhaps she would be more likely to stay if Leera did as well.

Her question was bold and brazen. It caused the man to perk up ever so slightly but it did not take long for him to respond. A simple, "No," crawled from chilled lips as his gaze settled on her resting form. "This will be my first litter." Back home he was expected to have many litters but only with one woman who happened to be his cousin. Hannibal had no qualms with impregnating the babe but with the constant wars and chaos there was no time in the day to raise offspring. Thus, upon his unfortunate arrive in Boreas Thys had been the first female he had bed with and it seemed his seed was strong enough to lay claim to her womb upon first try. "It will be an exhilarating experience." The male then raised a brow as his nose flicked towards her belly. "Are you excited to birth the High Lord's pups?" A prestigious task to be the dam to bring forth royalty. He assumed a Wolfess like Leera sought out the opportunity to do so for power and riches.

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