This is the beat of my heart

Rhyme knew that Eulogy would give birth any time in the next few days, so he was being extra diligent at keeping tabs on her. It had taken a bit of convincing, but he had already stocked up what he wanted to be there, since they wouldn’t have Rhythm with them to help. He hated to think about her as he closed the short distance between dens, and he’d push her from his mind as he came to the entrance. Already it smelled of birth, and he could hear the first puppy mewling. Good things he’d left early.

The slate alpha wriggled his way into Eulogy’s den. It was just big enough to work in. He brought along with him, a few gifts for his nieces and nephews on their birthday. Soft sheep and long haired rabbit skins. He lay eyes on the first pup and a similar excitement to his own broods rose in his chest. ”How are you feeling so far, Eu?” He asked softly as he admired the first of the litter. This was certainly not the last of them. ”You have a strong motherly instinct,” he praised as he returned his attention to the stores he left. ”Have you taken anything yet?” He’d been over the dosages and plants he wished for her to take when she started labor. He also had some water for her to quench any thirst she’d worked up.