Post by Iris on Feb 8, 2014 20:32:28 GMT -3
Nearly two moons into her stay with the back, and Iris could still feel the stares. Not that she blamed them, and she could handle it. The whispering accusations and the insults and even occasional threat wouldn't get to her, at least not visibly, they may eat her up inside, reminding her of what she had done, but Iris was not weak. However overwhelmed she may have been when she first came, she was not weak, and she could handle it.
Or, she pretended she could, anyway.
What really bothered her, was how sometimes it wouldn't be her they'd be staring at, it would be her stomach which grew, becoming rather large and Iris was worried, not sure how she could handle even one pup, let alone the large litter she knew was inside her... Three or four, at her prediction, and it made her beyond nervous and protective. They could accuse her, insult her and threaten her, but they couldn't stare at her stomach and make comments without getting a barbed response, they couldn't threaten her pups without being snarled at.
Right now, anyway, Iris was threatening her own pups enough for all of them combined.
She'd been sleeping when the pain rippled through her, and pushed herself to her feet, snarling to herself at the pain. Stumbling to the den entrance she poked her head out and ordered the guard that was stationed nearby to go get her mother. With that done, she turned back and leaned up against the wall, trying to breathe through the contractions.
Or, she pretended she could, anyway.
What really bothered her, was how sometimes it wouldn't be her they'd be staring at, it would be her stomach which grew, becoming rather large and Iris was worried, not sure how she could handle even one pup, let alone the large litter she knew was inside her... Three or four, at her prediction, and it made her beyond nervous and protective. They could accuse her, insult her and threaten her, but they couldn't stare at her stomach and make comments without getting a barbed response, they couldn't threaten her pups without being snarled at.
Right now, anyway, Iris was threatening her own pups enough for all of them combined.
She'd been sleeping when the pain rippled through her, and pushed herself to her feet, snarling to herself at the pain. Stumbling to the den entrance she poked her head out and ordered the guard that was stationed nearby to go get her mother. With that done, she turned back and leaned up against the wall, trying to breathe through the contractions.
