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No one in mind yet. Luce breathed a sigh of relief that she hadn't known she was holding in. She was still getting her bearings in this new land, and Deathbelle was right - there was no point in the pack exploding with numbers before they had sure footing and a proper place in the greater landscape of packs across the lands. Speaking of... "Since it's likely you'll be remaining close to these lands as your pregnancy progresses, will you be sending anyone out to scout and greet the other packs?" Lucretia asked, tilting her head to the side. "I can smell one particular band that lies between our territories. How unfortunate we couldn't stake a claim to all three..." She trailed off, leaving Belle to fill in her implied how unfortunate we couldn't take it by force.

"But yes, I have everything. Let me prepare the valerian root paste for now, the honey tonics will need to steep for about two to three days, but I promise they'll be worth the wait," Luce assured her, heading back to the stash beneath the tree. She approached the hollow and crushed the motherwort into the honeycomb, then turned back to begin crushing up the valerian root with a bit of honey.

Discretely, Luce added a few tender young shoots of alfalfa to the mixture. It was better for Belle to start eating more now to ensure plenty of hale pups. "Try this for now, just a little sample. Let me know how it works - you may want to take a nap after, but additional sleep is good for you now. Lets your body grow and change." Lucretia would have to head to Belle's den to make the larger supply and create a place to store it, but that could wait until after the Empress had completed her palace to her liking.b