By the time the sun was high in the sky, casting short, intense shadows, the 'Nursery Palace' was finally ready.
Talia was the first to arrive. She wasn't alone. Behind her was a sea of fluffy ears and small, eager faces. Hm, they looked more than before. Were the pups I saw before not all of them?
It wasn't just twenty-four children anymore, so I guess wolf biology meant some of those mothers had twins and triplets, just like I gave birth to triplets. Then, I saw one startled-looking female who was holding onto the tunics of three identical triplets.
The crowd of nearly forty pups stood at the edge of the meadow, their tails wagging so hard the grass seemed to ripple.
"Is... is that for us?" Kael asked, his voice a tiny whisper of awe as he stared at the spiraling log slide and the massive rope bridges.
