Chapter 101
Enoy pov
It’s been two months since the rodeo. I sent teams to see if they could find a scent trail for our fathers and the rogues. They all came back empty-handed.
We increased our training. Moving from the fields to the lower floors made for play when it’s raining or when we bring the cows in for calving. Rose moved into rosemary’s room for now. Turns out when a bear hits the sleeping stage of pregnancy she will snap at any noise not made by her mate. So Fallen snapping and then crying for hours at snapping at rose had us all walking on eggshells right now. Kai keeps complaining the mark on his palm itches.
Today while opening emails when I saw one from the Winters. Staring at it I weigh the pros and cons of not opening it. Kai walks in shaking his hand. “my love is there any way for you to get in contact with master Ambrose? This is now burning and turning red and blistery.” Holding his hand out to me. “I can see if Freya can get Fabel to tell fawn to tell Ambrose we need him. But how long that will take I don’t know he’s in the demon realm for a while longer. The naming of him in that realm is expected to take a while.” I shrug he nods. “what we’re you staring so hard at?” he asks as I point to the screen. Sending my question to Freya while Kai looks at the screen. “I know how you feel about them but they are still the ruling family. Might as well see what they have to say.” “why do you have to be so reasonable?” I huff pouting as I sit back in the chair.
“Fine. You open it. That was if I don’t agree I can say it got miss places after opening “ I say giving him my best puppy dog eyes. “you know Kaleb is better than that. Have you heard from Michael and Jaz they were supposed to be back yesterday? Jaz is due next week.” Shaking my head I pull my phone out. Tapping the screen to pull up contacts. Scrolling through to find Michael and Jaz‘s numbers. “the princess is pregnant. They are throwing a ball to honor Eos her mate and the new pup. We have been invited.” Kai reads as I type out a message for Michael and Jaz
-hey when do you two plan on being home? I want to make sure the border guards know to keep an eye out for you. –
“When?” I ask “two weeks from tomorrow “ “ nope we can’t make it Fallen is due then and I am not leaving that close to our niece or nephew's birth. Unless you want to that is?” batting my lashes at him. Bulking shaking his head. “not even the biggest ice caps bashing the shore will get me to leave fallen that close to the pup. I have moon father things to do after she has it.” Chuckling as he rambles on about taking half of the afterbirth to the sea. When there he will call me so we both drop the halves at their spots. His half into the sea my half at the base of the Black's peach tree. Each family has. Row in the orchard. Every time a pup is born to that line the first tree in the row we plant, the after birth at the base. When we die we are burned to ash and then spread out in the forest around the pack lands. The afterbirth is to the fruit tree's new life we ask for a good harvest. In the end, we give ourselves to the strong trees that stand guard. Our lands are blessed with the bodies, souls, and blood of every pack member from birth to death. We have had a request for wolves who were mates and moved packs to be brought back to the pack to pay respect to the pack and our lands. They also send the afterbirth of their pups to be given to the family fruit tree.
My family had started a lot of these things early in the birth of the pack. When the gods and goddesses were given blood sacrifices for a good harvest and peaceful afterlife. After all these years no one here could think of a reason to stray from the path they laid out. I sat down with Kai to go over our plans when we decide we are ready for pups. We want to honor both lines as well as I know max wants to as well. So we have drafted. Plan for this. That also opened up well what do incoming wolf's traditions they are not doing. Why not honor their families as well.
Turns out not many have traditions like this so it never came up before. Kai had pulled out a journal from the bookshelf by the door. “what's that?” “It's a Luna guide your great-grandmother wrote. Your grandmother didn’t write one. I think her life was cut too short. But your mom has one it’s downstairs on the bedside table if you want to read it.” He shrugs flipping to a page and scribbling something down. “what you adding?” “to find out any traditions new incoming wolves lived within their pack adding to their birth and death plans if they want to honor them. If it’s in the guide it’s set in stone.” He smirks. Rolling my eyes.
“That's assuming the Luna or Lune have that much power.” “you're saying they don’t? Who do hurt pups run to first mom” pointing to himself “or dad?” Pointing to me. Sticking my tongue out at him I cross my arms and flop back in my chair. Jerk. He has a point mom is comfort dad is protection.
The door flies open as rose falls through. “fallen…pant, pant huff huff ….baby..pant cough cough ..max…pant wheeze..help” holding her finger up trying to catch her breath. Thinking over the words my eyes go wide jumping up I sprint from the room. “get your furry white ass moving the baby is coming.” It screams over my shoulder as I take two stairs at a time. Kai is hot on my heels. “don’t worry I’ll catch up” rose yells.
