In The Darkness, I Found The Light

Dalila watched as Siren brought the little body of her son over to rest next to his sibling who was eating her first meal happily and she glanced toward Siren with a small, grateful smile when her love kissed her cheek. It was such a strange mix of emotions, the devastating heartache of losing a child while still being so overjoyed at having a healthy girl. She leaned into Chimera's touch as he nuzzled her cheek, her ears flicking back to his words, but giving a small nod of agreement all the same. She knew it would have to be done and she was glad to know Chimera would be the one to do it, no matter how much it already pained her as she looked down at their son. She would never diminish the significance of the fact that they finally had some good news for once in the form of their beautiful daughter, but still she had to mourn the one they lost.

While Siren settled into Chimera, Dalila leaned her head down to the little boy, pressing her nose into the soft fur. "Hello little one," she whispered softly, trying and failing to keep tears from stinging at her eyes. "I wish I could have gotten to know you... But you'll have lots of little half siblings waiting for you to play with on the other side, okay? S-so don't you worry about a thing. We'll keep your sister safe and you just have a grand time wherever you are now... And I'll see you again someday, I promise." She gently nuzzled his side and how cold he had already gotten made her chest tighten painfully with emotion. Oh so carefully, she moved the boy toward the edge of the bed so he could be taken away for burial, giving him one last look and memorizing the patterns of his fur before she turned her pale gaze down to her daughter again.

Seeing her curled up at her side, full and content and fast asleep did wonders to soothe the pain from her loss and she gave a little smile while tears fell down her cheeks. She nuzzled the little dappled, mottled girl, pulling her closer from where she had rolled away a bit when she fell asleep. Turning her head to look back at Chimera and Siren, she reached back to press her nose gratefully to Chimera's cheek. "Thank you for being here," she told the King with a sweet smile. "You should go be with Aliana... She needs you. Siren will take good care of me and our daughter." She glanced at Siren with another smile, knowing without a doubt that it would be true. She was happy and grateful for the fact that she had attention and care from both of them, but she knew that Aliana desperately needed that attention right now too. She also knew that it would be better for their son to be buried sooner rather than later if for no other reason than to keep her from falling to pieces looking at him.

She waited until Chimera had gone and had taken their son with him before she focused her attention on Siren, leaning her head into the beautiful Queen and nuzzling her affectionately. "Thank you," she said to Siren as well, thankful for all of Siren's comfort and support through the whole ordeal. She didn't think that she would ever experience this moment again and she was happy that in the end she had a stunning little girl to show for it and got to have the wolves that meant the most to her around her when it happened. She curled her body around the little girl protectively and snuggled into Siren, the exhaustion from everything leading up to this and the birth itself catching up with her as she very quickly drifted to sleep.

"Dalila Vista Rocha"