so this is it

Dalila was in the separate seating area of the suite that had been turned into the space that she and Siren shared, working on slowly turning a set of bookshelves into a storage area for their herbs. They had been full of old, molded, rotting books, the paper pages not treated well by the humid island air. Just clearing the numerous books had taken some time and now she was working on a way to organize all the various herbs and remedies that she had Siren had accumulated. Some digging in what had once been a large kitchen for the run down resort had revealed some containers of sorts, clear boxes that were various shapes and sizes. Some of them had lids, but some didn't and she gathered up a bunch of them in a big sling of fabric to carry up here and was playing around with how she might use them to store the herbs and keep them separated.

That's what she had been in the middle of when she heard Siren's muffled howl from outside the room, her ear perking as she tried to decipher what was going on. It sounded like she was calling for Chimera which didn't immediately ring any alarm bells in her head so she didn't move away from her work just yet. However, when she heard Siren calling her name worriedly from the other room just a few moments later Dalila dropped what she was doing and skittered over to the open doorway between the sitting area and the bedroom. Right away she figured out what was going on with a gasp and she hurried back over to their herbs, grabbing the little container of motherwort and trillium she had set aside for Siren while she was organizing things. She knew Siren was due literally any day now so she tried to be as prepared as possible.

Running back over to Siren's bedside, she sat down the herbs and gave her lover an encouraging smile, gently nuzzling her cheek. "Don't worry, okay? I'm right here with you. Chimera will be here very soon too." Something told her he'd probably be bringing Aliana with him too, but she didn't know that for certain. She passed over the herbs she had gathered for the delicate woman before she shifted down to start gently pressing her paws along Siren's very swollen stomach to gauge how far along the pups were till they started making their appearance.

"Dalila"