Another chance at happiness

Riva worked quietly in her apothecary. Preparing a tea in the quiet of the evening. Incubus was out on patrol, and the thought of him shot warmth all the way from her ears to her toes. He was doing that more and more often of late. Invading her thoughts as she quietly worked. She gently shooed away the image of him, and finished her task. Once the tea was properly steeped, she removed it from the heat. A brew specially for new mothers, to help them regain their strength. With a little honey for taste. A gift, before she told her Alpha what had changed in her life.

She packed it carefully away, and left at a light trott. Heading towards the Empress's den. She did not presume to enter, but sat just to the side of the entrance and called out. The little healers voice fulling the quiet of the approaching evening. "Empress, may I have a moment of your time?"