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Phoenix with her pups!! nakey babies lol

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Day 27: Promise
Phoenix curled around her beautiful newborn pups and raised her head to meet her mate's eyes. There was a fire in her eyes that she had not had since the first time she laid eyes on her littermates, so long ago, and there was a love so fierce that it consumed her whole being.

"I swear that if anyone ever threatens my babies, they won't live long enough to regret it." She promised, not to her children or her mate, but to the very world itself, with a dedication strong enough to shake the sturdiest foundations of the earth. The pups mewled and squirmed against each other to be closer to their mother and a short-lived warm wind blew into their tent despite the low temperatures outside.

Ealwin shivered from her declaration, intimidated both by her intensity and by the way that it felt like the world had acknowledged her in return. He, of course, agreed with her entirely and quietly promised to never bring her anger upon himself. He then laid down beside her and wrapped his wings around all of them, a warm cocoon against the cold.

In this moment, their small family felt untouchable. And maybe, just maybe, they were.