Sex: Female
It had been fourty-five days since Ravenna Archer-Lyall had become pregnant. An exact amount of time which was lost on Ravenna, though as the children grew and stirred inside her, she knew now that it could not be long before they were to come. Her once slightly rounded stomach, only shown off when on her back or side, was now very much so exposed. There was no way of hiding the fact that she was pregnant, as her sides stuck out much further then they once had, which would let others feel or see the pups and her teets showed, ready with their first milk. Ravenna who had previously been ravenous for food had grown less hungry though as a medic knew it to be important for her to eat even though she felt a bit sick from the extra pressure in her stomach. She would make sure @Leotie would eat too, despite any illness she would feel and Ravenna kept up with her herbs, chewing on the unpleasant ginger root. She was less sick then Enoki had been, she could tell, and wondered if it was because she had kept up with her herbs instead of trying to avoid them or even because she had decided to start having pups at a much younger age.
Ravenna thought of these things as she silently made way around her territory. Though it was only mid-afternoon Ravenna had grown warn, tired, another sign of her late pregnancy. She tried to remember all the signs which Enoki had as she was pregnant, trying to store the information for herself and for Leotie as time for the pup's arrival quickly approached. It had been just weeks since her uncle Nicolo had passed away, since she had Adeltra had been chased down by a bear and had run into Elias, days since Koda had finally arrived along with his son.
The soon to be mother today had avoided the hassle and bustle of pack life, a beautiful fur in her mouth. It was a black coat of a rare Lynx, a coat which her mother had in her Infirmary for years, a gift from one of her previous members. She brought it to the den which Enoki had used for her children, a quiet place as the edge of a small, flowered clearing. The opening of the den rested under the roots of a willow tree and as Ravenna slid into it she remembered it to be just as comforting as when Enoki had been here. Ravenna remembered the days, weeks, she had sat outside this den, protecting her leader. Now she would be the one within it.
Inside still lay the downy which Enoki had collected during her pregnancy - mosses and ferns (now all dried up), feathers, furs and skins. The place would do well, it just needed some tidying up. So Ravenna began, laying the black fur down and then started scratching at the earth, pushing out the old bits from the den to make room for the new.