Things had been better. The effects of the toxins had seemed to run their course, it had been some time since he had had one of his seizures. He felt confident and good enough over the fall that come winter he and Shiloh decided to try once more to have children. It had been nearly four years since the incident, his boys had grown into adulthood, no longer needing his and Shiloh’s care. It wasn’t entirely that that they had decided to try, he and Shiloh always wanted a smaller family, but it was because they wanted to ensure their children got all the love and affection they could handle and they were not spread too thin as perhaps Shiloh’s family might have been. Now that Teza and Tepi were grown though and had all the lessons they and life could give, it was time to give that to some younger siblings.

They had found out rather fast that she had conceived. Thus the preparations had begun, he had been making more extra hunting trips, telling his sons and family of the good news, and time had thus passed almost too quickly leaving her now resting in her den with her overly rounded sides with him protectively hovering over her. He was understandably innervated with his past, and with his protective instincts over his mate and unborn children. He never was sure what happened, but as time passed and his body seemed to heal he relaxed more about it. He had no idea that Alistair, Zelda and his brother had been trying to figure out exactly what happened all those years ago. Nor did he expect the sharp bark into his den that caused him to nearly jump out of his skin though his mate had shockingly slept right through exhausted as she was.

Carefully the brute stepped around her, his mismatched eyes going over her before slipping out of the den’s entrance. ”Dexter, this is a surprise.” The larger of the pair of brother’s started, his voice a bit hushed though of course it seemed she was out like a light currently. His tail waved though and a smile was held on his face. Really his spirits were a fair bit higher from when Dexter had first returned. Things were looking up, but he was also curious as to what he had wanted.

”Could we, walk a bit further away, Shiloh is resting.” He asked tilting his head before somewhat leading them away from the large den, ”What’s wrong? Is something wrong? Or is everything okay?” It was him to jump to the worst conclusions first, but he couldn't imagine what Dexter needed to talk to him about.