The future we made

Tamsyn returned her mate's grin that answered her question for her and once he lifted his head, his song filling the air, she did the same to howl along with him. She was slowly learning all of the things that made Kane and his ways of life unique, incorporating them into her own life as well, but the howling to the night sky was one that had been a part of their time together since the very beginning. She let her own howl taper off with his, their voices fading into an echo. After Resin's attack she never thought that her heart would feel this full again and certainly never believed that she would find this kind of love again, but Kane had given her all of that and more. She smiled as he leaned down to brush her forehead with his muzzle, leaning into him again and tipping her head to rest it against his shoulder. "I love you just as much, my love," she replied as she looked up at him happily, simply enjoying this perfect night with him for a moment.

When he began to settle down onto the grasses she followed his lead, letting him help her down as she settled in beside him with a sigh. Even though she wasn't as large and encumbered as she had been with her previous litter, their children had still become quite an obstacle in her daily life. As she shifted so did the pups she was carrying, feeling them move and kick, as energetic as ever. With as close as they were getting to her due date she could tell that they were just as eager to get out and meet the big world waiting for them as she was to finally have them here. She looked to Kane again when he asked about their children—quickly followed by the question she had been pondering heavily since he brought up the fact that their names would be determined by where they were born.

She chuckled and replied, "I've given it so much thought that I think I've just ended up talking myself in and out of every kind of terrain." The idea that she could give birth anywhere, quite literally anywhere of her choosing, was daunting enough, but the fact that their children's names would reflect her choice for the rest of their lives lingered on her mind too. It was such a big decision and one she couldn't change her mind on once she actually went into labor. The question over how their pups were doing was a much easier one to answer. Shifting a bit, she rolled to be more on her side with her round belly between them and she reached over to lift his much larger paw, bringing it over to rest it on her stomach. "If all of this movement and kicking is any indication I'd say they're doing wonderfully," she told him with a little laugh—which was quickly cut off by a soft 'oof' when one of their pups gave a particularly hard kick at their father's paw. "Little spitfires, these ones," she said only half jokingly. One of her favorite parts of watching her first liter grow up was seeing their personalities grow and develop over time and she couldn't wait to see these do the same.

She left her paw resting over his on her stomach while she started thinking about where they might be born again. She at the very least knew that she didn't want to have to go too far from The Hallows. Not only did she not want to have to travel very far in her current state, but she wanted to be close to her older children so that they could come see their half siblings after they were born. That at least narrowed it down a bit. She started thinking about what lands were near by, trying to say some of the possible names in her head. "Of the Sea..." she said out loud after repeating it to herself a couple of times. She looked to Kane curiously after a bit of consideration. "Maybe the Shimmering Shore? What do you think about 'of the Sea'?"

Tamsyn Carpathius of the Valley