Labors of love

Yes, Chimera had expected Aliana to be carrying a belly full of pups. No, he had not expected her to be carrying this many! His sweet, clouded queen grew rounder by the day. With each day, Chimera became more and more worried. He knew how babies worked, but he didn't know how much a woman's body could take. It looked as though Ali might explode at any moment, but she was a tough little thing. She didn't even complain that much, though she was well within her rights to do so.

The bedchamber was filled with mattresses, cushions, furs, pillows, and anything else that his little woman might need for optimum comfort. You could say many negative things about the monochromatic man, but he knew how to spoil the mother's of his children. Ali wanted for nothing. She had the best food, the best herbs, the finest furs. All of his attention was on her. Everything else was pushed aside.

Chimera had been curled around his rotund wife when she roused him from sleep. The urgency in her voice snapped the man awake and he was instantly on his paws, moving about to grab the supplies that she'd smartly set aside. "Do you want me to call for Siren or Dalila?" Chimera nuzzled into Aliana's cheek, his tongue pulling over the snowy fur there. "I love you, wife. Tell me what you need." He would do whatever was necessary.

"Chimera & Aliana"