Light and Warmth
birthing
The pain she felt had been somewhat intense. Voodoo had never felt anything like it, Recluse had done this THREE times? Although she hadn't been able to grab her herb stock in the den before her contractions had begun. There was no other healer currently in Habari and for a moment panic flared in her that she would be alone while she had her children. Her thoughts for a moment moved to Torben and she quickly threw them away. He was not these pups father SHE was their mother. Another spasm as she collapsed into the soft den she had made for exactly this moment. She could see the volcano just outside of her den as the groaned gritting her teeth. Alright, she could do this.
It felt like hours had meshed together with the pain she felt. On her side panting she reminded herself to just breath and push, she could worry about the herbs for pain later. Besides it wasn't easy to come by and she'd given most of her supply to Recluse during her birth wanting the alpha to have the best possibility with her litter. Voodoo hadn't really expected it to go so fast though. Before she knew it a tiny creature was sliding out and she leaned forward to lick and clean the beast. It looked to be a daughter then - her head splashed with black and the rest a ghostly pale white with black stripes. Then another girl, beautiful in all aspects with her white and gray dappled coat. She wondered silently what their eyes would look like when they opened.
Before long she had given birth to two girls and two boys. FOUR. Her eyes glittered with exhaustion but they all seemed to be curled into her belly taking their first drinks of milk. She couldn't describe the sensation she felt these little bundles were hers. Not only that but the possibilities that their tiny bodies held what their futures held. She let out a shuddered breath before throwing back her head. She didn't care who it was really she wanted the pack to meet her new family. They had been born where she had been born, somehow that thought brought her comfort.