The discomfort was growing inside of her as she waited. It wasn’t even that long, but she felt her insides were starting to cramp up. She leans heavy against the tree now, her eyes closing as she inhales deeply. She almost does not notice when the younger female approaches. Her dark ears flicker forward and she sees Zelda now, taking a deep breath as she listens to the words. It was...overly difficult to listen for some reason, with her body distracting her in these moments. She was able to get it all in though.

Zelda was kind enough to offer a place to rest, a den, and food. Perhaps she should have come here a long time ago. She had visited before but did not stay. Phaedra manages a smile, but it was obvious that she was quite uncomfortable. She shifts her weight as she sits, feeling contractions starting. She breaths in and out for a few moments as she lifts her muzzle with closed eyes again, gathering herself to speak.

”Zelda, Guardian, my apologies,” she says and she lowers her dark muzzle, her violet and gold nebulous eyes looking at the leader now.

”I had come to see my sister, Shiloh, and consider a pack to call home...however,” she winces now, shifting again, unsure what to do exactly in this moment.

”The young in my belly...they are making their way into this world as we speak,” she says as she now lays down on her side. She had felt some discomfort and pain coming here, but barely. Her pain tolerance was high, so she really did not think much of it.

”I did not expect...them so...soon,” she says as she begins breathing in a deep and steady motion. She did not feel threatened by Zelda’s presence, and honestly, she did not have much choice at this point. It did not take long at all as she lay to feel the desire to push. It was so quick in fact that she was surprised. She knew little of birth, but heard it can take a long time sometimes. She pushes now, and after a few good pushes with a deep grunt the first pup comes into the world. Phaedra lifts the young one with her massive jaws, cleaning it carefully to reveal the dark pup with mirades of red, gold, and white. She did not speak in this moment. She only gazed down at the young one who wiggled and screamed. Amazement was in her eyes, but the desire to push overcame her again. She clenches her jaws now with the first pup safe between her forelegs, pushing until the second pup came into the world.
The second one is cleaned, and she seems to take after her father with her dark russet and brown. Both were beautiful and healthy girls, and Phaedra felt the pain of birth slowly subsiding. The birth was painful, but the pain was nothing in comparison to the young before her now. She did not realize how easy her birth really was. She rolls her head slightly, inhaling and looking to Zelda again. She expected to see her shadow soon enough, but she was not worried about him. Her shadow would be here, and she would proudly show off their children to him, but for now, Zelda was here and she nodded to the Guardian of the forest.

”They are healthy and they are strong. Guardian Zelda, if your will allows, can we reside in your lands? I wish to live with family once more, and I want my children to have their family to grow up and learn from. I am able to contribute to your hunts and ensure your pack remains fed, and I know my shadow, Nogitsune, whom finds Shiloh to be a friend, would appreciate and contribute to your pack as well,” she says with her deep, chilling voice. Her wild and blocky head is lifted as she lay with her pups, and truly she is a beauty in her own right with the sun glimmering down upon her and the new born pups.