unable to bind.mated to none.father to Eztli, Lixue, Petra, Citlalli, & Itzel.Taviora

He could feel her gaze so sharp on him the whole time and he hated that things still felt awkward between them. It was their first time really talking alone since the "talk" and when they were on the bear hunt, he was distracted enough that he didn't think so much into things but here and now it was only them and emotions were at play again. He didn't know enough about her past or her own parents to know that everytime she thought of them, she thought of failed relationships. He would hate to think that she was expecting that from him. He wasn't a traveling casanova, a male just looking to collect females. It wasn't even in the books for him to mate with the two females he did mate with over winter season. He didn't know what came over him but he knew that he cared for both girls so much and it was confusing as hell. He wasn't used to all this emotion and relationship crap. It was supposed to be no attachments, no weaknesses. Nothing that a killer can exploit. Now he was giving them multiple targets but that wasn't her fault. It was his. And he would own it. He would protect all of them. He was going to try harder to make things at least back to the way they used to be though it would be harder because now everytime he looked at her, it was like he was really truly seeing the way she looked at him. She was smitten, no doubt about it. She wanted more and he couldn't promise that to her and it was killing him inside because all he ever wanted was to make her happy, to see her happy.

And now it felt like he was keeping her from that happiness. He wondered if she was still feeling sick. He had those herbs and he wanted her to try some and tell him if it made her feel better but he needed her to go back to the den first because that was where he hid them. She didn't seem bothered at all by the snow though he didn't think it was good for her to be sitting in it with her being sick. When he asked about touching her stomach, she nodded and he swallowed because he thought he already knew what this was about. He was scared to death. No, he was terrified. She nodded when he gasped when he felt the stirring inside her womb and it was both entrancing and terrifying all in one. He was going to be a father. Who would have thunk it?
He wasn't going to run away this time. He wasn't going anywhere. He knew he was frozen to that spot, frozen to her side to protect her just as he always was going to. Just this time, there would be extensions to that protection come spring time. She nodded again when he said she was going to be a mother and he could see now how excited she was about it. That helped ease his worry some. Her eyes were sparkling and it made her look so beautiful.

She was going to be a great mother, he just knew it. He just hoped he could be the half dad his own was. She reached out to touch her paw to him and he knew what she was trying to say, or at least he thought he did. She was saying he was the father and that this was his to experience as well. He nodded back to her this time, a slow smile tugging at his lips as he glanced back at her stomach. This was really happening. He was going to be a father. He looked back up to see her mouthing words at him again, this time telling him only if he wanted. He knew she was trying to give him an out so he scowled and shook his head immediately, vehemently. He narrowed his eyes in determination.

"It is what I want. I'm not going to walk away from this, Tuari. We will raise them together."

He wasn't leaving room for arguement either. He wouldn't leave her to do this alone even if she wanted to. That's not the kind of wolf he was. His expression softened only once he was sure she wasn't going to try pushing him away on this.

"Now, how about we get you to that warm den for your surprise. I admit, yours was much better."

He smirked playfully at her, nudging her shoulder with his own before he offered his shoulder for her to lean on to help her to the den.