The Day After

She lifted her lilac gaze from Pestilence and back to Plague and Zee, who had obviously fallen in love. Deathbelle felt her heart melt further as the sleepy pup blinked up sleepily from the handmaiden’s arms and touched his nose to hers. Mismatched ears fell to her skull and whined happily. It was probably just the hormones but a tear welled up in her eye. "They really are," she answered without hesitation. Pregnancy had been difficult, but it was fleeting in comparison to the reward. Every one of her five children were beautiful, and promised to grow into great examples of their family names. "I don’t think I really knew what love was, until I met them." She sighed contentedly over the heads of her daughters as the squeaked softly in their milk drunk sleep. They would be unstoppable before she knew it. She knew Zee had chores to attend to, but she didn’t begrudge her the excuse. The pups were now Belle’s world.
"speak."