Larentia slowly eased herself into a sitting position, wincing in pain. She was feeling a bit like she was about to give birth; she wouldn't be surprised if today was the day. She felt like she had with Skadi, Boiko, and Nadia.
Larentia looked out over the empty clearing. She sighed and almost simultaneously a contraction rippled through her body. She gave a great breath of air and lay down on her side.

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Larentia gazed down at her three daughters, looking at them with a real motherly love. She felt detached from her prior litter, especially Skadi. But these three? No. She already had taken to calling her middle girl her raven, as she thought ravens were such majestic birds. Would that be the pup's name? She didn't know. But Larentia loved her, and even the two others, both looking uncannily like ravens too. They had wings and everything. Her crow, her raven, and her eagle-there, she had pet names for them. Larentia exhaled a soft little sigh. Beartooth would come to take them away from her and she'd never see them again. She had to make the most of her time with them.