It had started late yesterday, the pain the pacing the pushing. All of it. She didn’t know quite what to expect and being unable to really go out and call for help she could only lay in her den and struggle along and hope Dexter or someone would be along soon. It hurt so much! Fear clinched her that something had gone horribly wrong inside of her, with her babies. While this hadn’t been her plan for her in life, her dream come true, she still wanted them, loved them with everything. Fear froze her that she somehow had messed this up for them, that this wasn’t happening easily. She was a first time mother to boot, and knew complications could happen that sometimes the first birth was the most difficult. She would lay and stand up, then lay down again pace outside before laying back on the black pelt that she had whisked away from her victory. Tuari felt the contractions, but nothing seemed to ever happen.

Time continued to pass, well into the night and she saw the light of dawn break into the den for the first time when she felt something finally give. Relief, fear, worry all these things rushed through her, she wanted them out, not because she was tired of the pain, or just plain already feeling exhausted she was worried about them. This first pup in particular may have been blocking the way, could have been hurt with her pushing, straining and moving around. She smelled blood and birth but nothing yet. She wanted nothing more than to start wandering across Taviora to find the first wolf she could for help. It felt like a while after the sun had risen that finally she felt him there. She only felt comfort that she wasn’t alone anymore, unaware of what had brought him here or anything he was saying. Her ears felt like they were ringing, deafening her to the world around her. Finally though when the sun almost was at noon finally her first child was brought into the world. Quickly she cleaned her, the black and golden form so reminiscent of her own, though right now she mostly focused on just keeping going.

One wasn’t all, though there was some part of her that felt glee in seeing the small girl wriggle about wildly and while she couldn’t quite hear it completely scream with a lively fervor that spoke to her health and that she had a voice unlike her mother. She was already shakily moving her, exhaustion clearly gripping her. Sheer willpower had kept her going so far, but already about twelve hours into this, she wasn’t close to being done. The second one took even more effort, Tuari could feel the difference between the two. This one was larger than the elder sister, hours later, the sun was already starting to sink well beyond the trees when the next one was finally born. She cleaned her too, like the first she cried out and wriggled about, sure signs thus far of good health. A good mix between the two of them she thought with browns and golds a like. Tuari was nervous about lifting her, shaky as she had been with the first she far worse with the second and as her body contracted again fear clutched her slightly.

Thankfully the last was easiest. Small as it was it was only just becoming night when she was done, expunging the tiny child from her, it took every ounce of sheer determination the black and golden wolfess had in her to get her into the world then clean her. She was sloppy about it, cleaning around her face and getting most of the birth residue off her before her weakened body could take no more. Frustration filled her, so weak she couldn’t even move her before she felt herself lay flat, her body wracking and shaking from the pain she felt all over from exhaustion and overexertion she had to put herself through.

The ringing in her ears was still there but she could could make out three distinct voices. None of them would have to deal with what she did. The worry that no one would come to help them, thankfully Dexter was there, she wasn’t alone, she let her eye wander to him as she did her best to keep her breathing even and calm her weak body. It was done, they were here and they were all alive and well. Worries dispelled she could only lay there now and just enjoy that she was now a mother and got to share this precious moment with their father.