She still wanted to leave and go search Iromar with Starfall. Since that day she had felt better, a little more hopeful, but it was still tried not to get too hopefully. She knew that it was a long shot, searching for Moteuh, but at the same time perhaps knowing for sure would bring that last bit of closure she needed. Right now though with spring fully underway Zeltzin had been focusing on the many upcoming mothers of Taviora, to make matters worse many of Taviora’s healers had either wandered to other lands or vanished leaving her as the only one able to help the mothers that now were here, there was her daughter Zelda too of course, but she had her duties as Guardian to attend too, but Zeltzin wouldn’t be beyond asking her for help if something bad came up. Four mothers she scented in their lands. Tuari, the new wolfess Talien, Astrid and Paisley. She didn’t know much about Talien but still checked in on her from a distance, but she knew Tuari had appeared quite far along and suspected she would be first. It would seem she was right.

She was excited for this litter and Talien’s but was well aware of how awkward it might also be. She didn’t judge her brother for it, and while he never outright said anything Zeltzin knew the signs. Of course she could be wrong, but her brother was working himself ragged to make sure both the females were cared for. Perhaps that also could just speak to his amazingly good nature, Zeltzin suspected other things. One or maybe even both of them could have found other males to have children with, but as thick as his scent had been around both denning areas. Well she couldn’t be sure about that, and she didn’t want to pressure him. After all who was she to judge when she too had found two different males to be with, granted Lucero had been her mate, but Eden… well she knew it could be easy to fall into the winter fever and to someone you were infatuated with. She shook her head of the thoughts though, already noticing her paws had carried her halfway to the den. She called to Dexter to assure him she was on her way, though it was muffled a bit with her racoon pelt she carried all her supplies in.

Soon though she was there, her brother in the den with the black female. There was blood, but not a lot of it, not as much as she had seen in the past at least, if there was tearing it was minor and just managing the pain of it would be the best she could do for now. Already she could hear the telltale signs of healthy puppy cries that made her heart just leap and writhe in her chest. She missed that sound, how good it made her feel, it made her long for more but she knew that was likely never going to happen again and probably shouldn’t. Shaking that thought off she set her bag down, watching as Tuari seemed to barely move. Exhausted, Zeltzin was certain of that much, her body shook slightly from the pain and likely all the effort she had to go through, but the pups they were beautiful.

She shuffled around her brother to the head of the wolfess, before hand gripping a bit of valerian root and placing it before her maw. ”For the pain. There’s not much I can do otherwise. You did fine I promise, just rest.” The red-brown, black and white female assured her, one mother to another.

Next she focused on the pups nuzzling each one getting a nice healthy grunt of protest from each of them, giving them a few licks here and there to assure they were clean as well, but it looked as though they were well taken care of and Tuari was providing milk for them. All seemed well, three girls, thus far healthy, none mute like their mother, though didn’t mean anything else would come up once their eyes and ears started opening. She took the moment too to do some sleuthing, looking at their marks and colors before pulling away and giving a contented sigh before looking to her brother and giving a rather ‘I know what you did’ look. She knew he was far from perfidious by nature. If he did do this it certainly wasn’t on purpose or to hurt anyone.

”They are all very healthy. That one is like mom. She’s not a runt, she’s too strong, just small. the middle-sized girl has your face.” She says with a light giggle playfully swatting him. ”Now do I have names for these first nieces of mine?” She asks looking to Dexter expectantly. All she knew now was she was an aunt, and all she could hope for him, and Tuari and Talien if her pups were his as well, was he was honest with them, she couldn’t read his mind know everything he felt but he better be there for these pups at least or he would get it from her.