Thinking of how this small, perfect boy was going to change my life was incredible. He was so small, yet in so many ways he took up the biggest part of my heart, almost all of it really. It was hard to think of my future now, now that it had a new life in it, it was hard to say where my life was headed. But all I knew, was I could not wait for the years to come. I only hoped and prayed that those within the boundaries of the Forest were the kind I wanted around my son. Although, there was one that I was a bit…Curious about. Lyden had traded so many for her, fought to keep her, and yet, she was hardly around, and when she was, I would pass by her and smell things that just did not fit. But then again, I had never talked to her, so the things I observed may not all make sense, but to me they spelled trouble, that was for sure. But either way, I would make sure that those in the forest would be the best for my son, if not, well, I would figure that out when it came to it.

Paying attention to the misted white and palomino colt that was at my feet, my thoughts of the rest of the herd dissipated and everything faded, because nothing but him mattered, not a single thing. When I heard the leaves and twigs snapping, my large head shot straight up, ears alert, eyes wide, but I felt the muscles in my body relax considerably when I saw the pale figure of Lyden approaching us. Oh, he was here! I reach out to brush my nose against his neck as he came to a halt beside me. His words broke through the silence and I grinned, looking back down to the child that they together had created, as he lay beneath them at their feet. “He sure is.” I smile, looking back to Lyden with a grin.

I drop my nose back to our little one, nuzzling against his neck and urging him to stand up, to try and get his legs out from under his body weight and to try to stand on them. I look back to him as Lyden speaks again. Alexander. “It’s perfect.”


aureila ; ten ; draft mutt ; silver grullo tobiano rabicano ;

female ; of the forest ; 17.0 hh ;

alexander (x lyden)

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