The marked girl would sit in her and Jinxx's den, quite a lone and quite bored. She would certainly be giving birth at any moment and she didn't wish to move anywhere. She had tried to get her brother to stay with her while she was confined to the den. However even vegetarians needed to eat sometime, and she was left to her own devices. The sun was tempting her though, it's warm tendrils slipping into the entrance beckoning her out into the fresh air. With much effort she would pull herself from the confines, her amethyst gaze blinking as she found herself out in the open. The lake was rather close, and the heat would push her forward to its waters to cool her swollen body. She would labor as she moved to the water's surface, her pace slow as she crawled to the cool pools. A sigh would leave her marked lips as she slipped into the depths, submerging all but her head. It felt so good to be almost weightless, she had been aching something awful the last few days. "Speech"

The summer heat was worse than ever in the early morning, especially when the sun hit the proper points in the sky. Pretty soon, the seasons would be changing again, giving summer the perfect opportunity to shine at its best. For the wolves of Valhalla, the summer's best was the worst. Odette had been trying to stay in the shade, avoiding any contact with the golden god that spit out heat hour after hour. When her and Chrysanthe had returned to the Plains, Odette had chosen a den surrounded by trees and a water source nearby. She didn't share a home with Chrysanthe anymore, but they were neighbors and it was enough to make the Epsilon happy. For some reason or another, Odette decided to brave the heat that morning. After debating on whether it would be worth the risk of heat stroke, she had left the comforts of her cool den to embrace the summer sun. Immediately after leaving, she wished that she hadn't. Rather than go back in and sulk, Odette set out for the second best place to be: her water source. Odette's frame was more muscle than fat as she briskly trotted towards the lake. Climbing mountains and rolling hills had built up the lean muscles that she had from puppyhood. With each day that passed, she was becoming more like her ancestors and hopefully, she was making them proud. Her red and blue eyes looked for the shining top of the lake as she got closer, intending to run straight into it. It didn't take long and before she knew it, her paws met the cool temperatures of the water. Once the yearling was surrounded by the water, she dipped her head beneath the surface. She immediately opened her eyes and admired the underwater world. Paddling out towards the middle of the large body, she did a couple of spins before rising to the surface. Her nose broke from the water and hit air, welcoming it in with happy lungs happily accepting the oxygen. Nothing had ever felt so good! As she went to turn back to swim to shore, she saw a swollen figure. Curiosity got the best of her and she paddled in the direction of the stranger. The closer she got, the more she realized that it was someone she knew. A smile appeared on her face as she felt the clay ground beneath her rise. She remained a foot away from Twig, for she didn't know if the female was still antsy about other wolves. Odette couldn't tell that she was pregnant, for her belly was hidden by the lake. "Twig? Is that really you?" was all Odette could say in bewildering astonishment. Talk like this

Twig's body would gracefully move through the clear water, her ashen paws pulling her pregnant figure though it's cool liquid. As her body temperature would fall back to a more comfortable range the girl would continue her swim, enjoying the weightless feeling too much to remove herself. She hadn't felt so relieved since before her pregnancy, as she swam however she found herself to be no longer alone. A familiar form would bring itself into her field of vision as she brought herself closer to the shore. Amethyst orbs would find the mismatched gaze of Odette, the girl who had insisted upon lunching with her oh so long ago. Her voice was quite astonished though Twig didn't know why. They had first met rather close to where they were now, but maybe it was seeing her in Valhalla that caught her so off guard. She should have figured she would have found her here, she wondered if the young healer who found her some lavender might be in Valhalla too. "Well, yes it is me. I don't know how many wolves with a cross on their arm that you know." she would offer Odette a rather amused smile, since her recent talk with Themisto and Alpine it had been a bit easier to keep a smile on her face. She had a lot to look forward to in the next week, mostly seeing her newborns faces. ?

Her slender frame would bring itself closer to the shore, her bulging sides rising heavily as she pulled herself from submergence. Shaking herself lightly Twig would plop down into the water, her legs curling beneath her less than gracefully as she reclined in the crystal waters. "I think I should have figured I'd find you here." all of the wolves she had met in Valhalla were impossibly similar. They had an uncanny ability to always be smiling and finding strangers that hated receiving help. She would chuckle as she looked back to the girl's form, she wondered if she'd be willing to share another meal. Now that her body was cooling off it was able to feel hunger again. She also half wondered how Odette would react to her pregnancy, they hadn't been separate for that long but she had very much been alone when they first met.?

Odette Adravendi

As Twig shifted in the water to make herself more comfortable, she rose to all four legs. Odette was surprised at the sudden change of Twig's form. THe last time they had met, her figure had been slender and very pretty. Now, she was more swollen than a watermelon and looked as if she could be popped with a sharp stick! Of course, the yearling wouldn't do something like that to the woman, but it was a funny mental image all the same. She quickly got over her shock and proceeded to walk through the shallow level of water. Twig's words of amusement made Odette giggle softly before gently replying. "The only one I can think of is your brother, Jinxx...It has been a long time since I have seen him, though." For the Gargoyle mini-me didn't know that Jinxx had recently joined Valhalla's ranks. Odette slowly lowered herself in the shallows before rolling to a deeper portion of the lake. She felt the water swallow her form for a second or two, the refreshing result appearing on her face as she broke the surface. Odette looked more relaxed and content as she heard Twig's next statement. She couldn't help but chuckle as she shook her ears free of dripping lake water. "Restless paws will take you anywhere, so your presence is definitely a nice surprise to my numerous visits." She lightly thumped her tail beneath the water, making splashing ripples on the surface"You look very relaxed here...and since I am late, welcome to Valhalla." I speak

Odette's eyes would widen at the sight of her swollen figure, but oddly would make no comment concerning her developing children. She would continue on though, telling her how she knew Jinxx an how long it had been since she had seen his form. "He's the reason in in Valhalla in the first place. I would have never taken refuge here were it not for him." she wondered how she knew they were siblings, a good guess maybe or was she closer to her brother than Twig thought? Odette would submerge herself in the water again before she could give her the second statement, but upon hearing it the girl would chuckle. She would go on to tell her how relaxed she looked and would take her turn to welcome her to the ranks. Twig found it almost odd at how much stress had been relieved of her when she came to reside beneath Erani's protective wing. She was no longer watching her back waiting for her monster to come rising up out of her nightmares. She had a whole pack to protect her again, but that didn't mean she was still not nervous. Her own brother had massacred her last pack, what was to keep him from doing the same to Valhalla? "It's been a lot easier on my nerves, knowing my children have the protection of a pack. It's just hard getting used to letting everyone do my tasks for me. I haven't hunted since coming here." her marked lips were turned up slightly in an easy going grin. She still wasn't particularly happy about being so useless, but as Alpine had said she was working on an important job.?