As hoped for the two pups along the treeline hurried their way toward their parents in the center of the clearing, though the race seemed to have a surprising effect on Jakart who was already there. Tahlia watched as he paused to look in their direction, crying out about Nako and calling him a dire wolf, before hurrying toward her. She could hardly help the laugh that bubbled up from within at his antics that accompanied the one Bane gave, and she lifted a foreleg clear of the youth as he shuffled into her stomach and set it down again with a slight wince as he latched on to nurse. That was something else about motherhood she had been lacking knowledge about, though she was willing enough to put up with it for her children.
Distracted by Bane's pawing, the gold-eyed she-wolf peered down at him with a contented smile, closing her eyes and enjoying the feel of his tongue along her throat. She listened happily as he spoke to her, obvious delight written in every word regarding the family they had brought into the world, and truly she felt the same. "We did," she responded proudly. Her gaze rose upward to watch as Nako and Anais began racing toward them, though she continued to speak, "They are growing so fast. We will need to introduce them to-" But she cut off her phrase as she watched Bane raise and paw and knock over Nako in his headlong race with ease, feeling initially a moment of panic at seeing the youngster sent sprawling but then relief when he seemed none the worse for his tumble. A swift glance was given toward her husband before she allowed herself to continue and finish what she had intended to say. "We need to introduce them to the pack soon. They are old enough now to mingle with the others."
