This Is Your Doing

His paws could be heard beating against the earth, his pace quick as he came to her side. She felt her heart warm, he had come so fast. But it was soon replaced by the fear, and the anger that quickly swallowed it up. He murmured that he had missed her, his nose pressing behind her ear. She let out a shaky sigh, uncovering her head and looking up at him. Her scarred face was damp with tears, pale blue eyes wide with fear. How was she going to tell him? And how in the world was he going to even take it? "I..." she started, casting her gaze away from his sweet face. "I'm pregnant..." she whispered. Ekko's voice was so soft that it was hardly heard, but she knew that Colten would pick up her soft spoken words. Lifting her gaze back up to him once more, she searched his face to pick up on anything that he might be feeling. She didn't want to believe it, she wished that it was all a big fat lie. She had wished that she just ate too much deer or something, but there was no denying her scent change. Ekko buried her graying muzzle into Colten's chest, her breath shaky as it whistled between her gritted teeth. Would he hate her?