Long Awaited

*Ashtoreth* · 05-21-2014, 08:59 PM

Walk | Talk | Think

She had only gotten so far before another pain sprung up, stopping her as the first did and causing her expression to distort again. Oh no, this was not good. It hurt very much and each pang made her worry for the lives within. Were they okay? Could they feel it too? Her legs shook as the pain subsided and just as before she took up walking back to the den, a grim, anxious determination urging her pace even quicker than before.

Her breathing was measured, cautious, by the time she caught sight of the tall, elderly healer, and if not for her strong desire to be back in the den Ashtoreth could have crumpled at her paws crying over her anxieties. How it was Erani managed to smile so comfortingly, to speak with such ease as if she was not at that very moment feeling only the first of her labor pains, Ash did not know nor could she. All she could manage was a grateful whine when the woman had offered her casual remark and listened closely to her call for Leon. Leon, please, she begged of the universe at large. He needed to be here. She desperately wanted him with her.

They were nearly there outside the den by the time she spotted Leon, his paws bringing him recklessly toward her. The sight of him, her steadying rock in the midst of her turmoil, was enough to bring tears to her eyes. As much as she felt calmed by his presence she wanted him at her side and pressed her face quickly into the thick fur of his neck, dragging in his scent even as she drew back and urged him along with a nudge as she hurried past him and toward their den. She had just about slipped inside before she spotted Arwel, Meili's brother, coming to join them, and it made her think of Meili. If only she could have been there too.

The quiet of the den welcomed her home, and still breathing in her peculiar, nervous manner she retreated toward the back and turned a few times in place, only dropping to her side when another spasm brought her up short. So close now, so close. "Erani?" The worry in her voice was clear, her gaze seeking out Leon's for his strength. Goodness, if she ever needed it, it was now!

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