A future so bright it's dazzling

Manea grinned when Alastor expressed his approval for the name of their potential son. It did sound like a king's name, just as Avacyn sounded like the name of a queen. Their child, no matter whether they turned out to be a boy or a girl, would be royalty in this legacy they were building for their family and they deserved a name that reflected that. Their little prince or princess was just waiting to be born, spending their last weeks developing within her before they made their grand entrance into the world. Alastor made her swoon as he curled in toward her stomach to press a kiss to where their children were resting just below the surface, smiling happily as he nuzzled and spoke to their future child, calling them by the name that would be given to them one day soon. She winced just a bit as one of their pups gave an extra strong kick into her side against Alastor's nose, grinning and chuckling as Alastor pulled back from getting essentially punched in the nose by his own child. "Why not both?" she questioned with a smirk, thinking of all the times their passionate, heated sex had included plenty of bites and scratches and blood. "Taking after their parents already," she teased as he laid with her again and patted her stomach, her tongue flicking across his nose again.

She noticed Irilyth's scent before she actually saw her handmaiden as she approached the den, glancing out across the prairie as the healer returned from one of her herb gathering trips. Her aqua gaze followed the pale woman for a moment till she disappeared out of view to go into their den, looking back at Alastor and noticing the look in his eye with a smirk. She knew how much the smell of Irilyth's heat had been gnawing at him and as her pregnancy progressed it was getting more difficult for her to keep his urges at bay. Part of her considered letting him lose on the girl, but she wanted a bit more time to make sure the contraceptives could fully take effect first - plus making sure Irilyth was still fully in one piece to assist with her birth was important to her as well. She felt confident that Alastor would keep to his word that he wouldn't break the poor girl, but he was also a massive beast of a brute and Irilyth was a tiny little thing in comparison. There was some mild breaking that was probably inevitable. At least Irilyth would be around to keep Alastor entertained while she recovered from giving birth to their pups.

"I adore her," she said with a smirk when Alastor asked how she was liking her handmaiden. "I had missed having a fae to play with and she's certainly been a big help with preparing for these pups to arrive. I'm glad she happened to be a healer as well. Between the two of us there's no issue fighting off predators and hunting down prey and now we'll have Irilyth to patch us up afterward." When she claimed Irilyth on a whim in that cave she hadn't intended to grow quite so attached to the smaller woman, but she was enjoying her skills and her company even beyond the obvious attraction she held for the delicate fae. "You'll be able to fully play with her soon enough," she assured him with a chuckle, stabbing one of the berries in front of her with her claw and plucking it off between her teeth again. "I'm sure you'll be glad to have her around while my body recovers from birthing these giant pups you've given me," she commented, voicing some of her early thoughts and poking fun at him for how large their pups were growing. The fact that they were both large wolves didn't help matters, but the fact that there were only two made it far easier for the pair to grow even larger within her womb than they might have if there were a large litter of pups around them.

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