Presumably hours passed by with little to no progress being made - or at least what felt like no progress being made - and a whole lot of pain wracking my body, which made this one of the worst experiences in both of my lives.
Honestly, even though I barely rembered the pain from dying, I still think I would put this current experience above that in terms of how horrible it was, though obviously the end result of both of those things was drastically different.
I just... I was so exhausted and utterly drained of everything, and yet the pain was keeping awake as I pushed and pushed to no avail, those five pups continuing to be troubleso little things that were definitely going to be reprimanded many a ti for this transgression of theirs...
Practically nothing that any of the healers did really seed to help besides just keeping from passing out, and even then I was beginning to curse them for that since the allure of sheer emptiness seed so much better than this.
And there was legitimately nothing that any of the others could offer , be it Jahi doing her best to try and coax through this or Mother attempting to placate and tell that this was all going to be worth it.
None of that was helping, and if I wasn’t too busy trying to gnaw through this leather wrapped tal rod I might have tried to bite one of them, so for that I was thankful... and a little terrified of myself since that anger felt so... genuine.
All the bottled up frustrations and insecurities were being pushed forwards and boiled with this anger I was feeling to beco sothing volatile and almost unwieldy, but thankfully I wasn’t able to move my arms that much or say anything, because otherwise I might have done so real damage.
The sun rose and fell before the first pup had even managed to squeeze a little finger through my cervix, and even the mont that it happened I was just assaulted by a new, heavier wave of agony as this bold pup finally managed to ’get ahead’ of the other four.
Feeling its head pressing against my cervix next, I ground my teeth against that rod and howled in agony before feeling sothing give way, causing that surge of pain to almost die out imdiately as instead I was focusing on another feeling.
Having sothing this large stretching my insides out was typically sothing that would have brought a lot of intrigue and arousal, but now it just brought joy because I could feel the first pup finally making an ergence, riding the waves of contractions until it finally slid free of my body.
Lady D’Arcon caught it and handed it over to Mother, who began to wipe down the pup and then swaddle it imdiately, making sure everything was alright before she shifted herself around to give an unobtrusive view of my firstborn.
Pale brown skin still sowhat slick with fluids was the first thing that I noticed, followed by the tuft of deep black hair atop her head that was the exact sa shade as Anput’s; her lungs seed to be working fine since she was wailing rather loudly, and her pudgy cheeks looked so squishable...
I couldn’t admire her for too long though because one of her sister’s was apparently a quick learner, and after this one had made her ergence she realized that pressing her head against my cervix ant freedom.
Another set of contractions and pained gasps later brought about a second baby, this one being the sa shade of brown yet having a little auburn tuft instead; she wailed too, but she fell quiet much quicker and grabbed at the blanket around her eagerly.
The remaining three took a little more ti to erge, but thankfully - and I an it from the depths of my heart and soul - they all were quick and smooth, almost sliding out of and into the waiting arms of Lady D’Arcon, who handled them expertly.
That sharp, constant agony was soon washed away by the various healing spells and salves that were applied to , though it only caused the exhaustion to spike as I fought hard to keep my eyes open.
I desperately wanted to see all five of them before I fell asleep, and soon enough Mother was gently laying them down one by one beside , showing them to with a gentle smile before she began to prepare them for what was to co.
Idly I realized they were likely going to be ravenous little things almost imdiately, and that would an that they would have need of milk from , but seeing that all five of them were breathing, that they looked rather healthy and ’normal’... it caused that exhaustion to spike even higher.
My eyes couldn’t stay open anymore, like weights were attached to my eyelids, and before I knew it I was completely and utterly asleep, my mind drifting into the inkiness of unconsciousness even as Mother began to gently fiddle with my clothes to allow the pups to start feeding.
It was an interesting experience because I could tell that I was asleep, that I was currently unconscious and very exhausted, but I was also... well, obviously unconscious, so it was a fascinating ’few monts’ before my eyes eventually fluttered open again.
Seated nearby was Jahi and Anput, the Jackalkin fast asleep on the Demoness’ lap while said Demoness stared at the bed with a complicated expression; on the other side was Mother, who imdiately stood up and approached my side, giving a smile and patting my head as she murmured "Finally awake, Katherine~?"
"Mhm... How... long..?"
My throat was dry and my tongue felt like lead, but even still she nodded and replied "You were asleep for four hours or so. It took... sowhere around seventeen or eighteen hours total. Almost a full day ago now...", causing to groan softly before I accepted the glass of water she gave .
That liquid had never before tasted so immaculate, like pure energy that just infused my tongue, but that euphoria was short lived as I instead looked down and realized there were five fluffy eared babies dozing off around , their tiny bodies pressed against as they used for warmth... sothing I wasn’t able to provide a whole lot of considering my lower body temperature...
It was a fleeting thought, sothing that ca and went before I even realized it, because all that I could think about right now was just how precious and perfect these five pups were, and honestly... it scared how similarly I cherished them just like Anput, Leone and Jahi already, perhaps even more.
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