will do very loose weekly 'rounds' for this to keep it moving in a timely manner <3
At sunset, she stirred. The pain had started like ripples down her sides and eventually it felt like it shook her core. No part of the pregnancy could have prepared her for the actual labor. Let alone the birth that was to come!
She knew that she would not be leaving the den for...who knew how long. Most certainly not the next day. Instinct demanded her into the deep hollow she had made in preparation for this very moment. She trusted that her watch dog would be there beyond the den, in wait and guard. It allowed her a sense of safety even as the pain rolled through her. She did not need to immediately see him to know that he would surely be near. He knew her status as well as herself!
Which was good for the pain that rippled over her! Enough that she leaned back into the wall and found her jaw tightened firmly as the pains seemed closer together now. A low disgruntled sound warbled through her throat and out into the rain that echoed within the den.
The first would not emerge until night and the time seemed as if it would span forever between now and then.