Dove chuckled " see, Star? we both get scolded right in front of my friend. I know its embarrasing, bu I'll get over it. You should too"

She then did something she never would have done. She nuzzled Star to try and make up for attacking her " Im sorry about hurting you, Star. I just.. was protective was all"

The looked at her father " At least let her go wander around, dad... please? I know its against the pack rules, but Star hasnt seem Moon in a week...."

" daddy please? I wont do anything harsha ny more. I promise"

Star looked at her father with sad eyes " on my life"

Mikael looked at Sove before looking at Star, peering into her eyes. He closed his eyes and thought about it for a moment before he sighed and looked at her. "Fine. You can wander around if you want, but you cannot see Moon; that I will not allow. If anyone in the pack catches you, I will not save you from any punishments that Hunter will give you. Don't make me regret my decision." He then turned to Dove. "Thank you for making amends with your sister. Now I must return to Em's side." He took one more look at the three before heading back inside the den to cuddle up next to Em.

Star whined ' But dad...I.. fine... " she said as Mikael turned around. Then looked at Dove " Thanks to you, Im screwed to see my girlfriend. " she snarled before walking off towards the west.

Dove whined " It wasnt my fault, Star..." she tried to say before pinning her ears back and sat on her haunches with her head down, looking at her paws " Why is this happeneing?,,,,"

Em was feeling in a lot of pain still. ( Ill think of defect soon) And not having it go easy. " baby... I think im due really soon... can you go see if Clay is a vailable... if he isnt... just stay.. beside me till he arrives"

"Okay love, I'll get Clay." Without saying another word he left, but Mikael couldn't find Clay in his den, but when he left, he saw Clay fly out of the Alpha's Den to run back to his den to get some medicine. "Clay! What's..." Before he could even finish, Clay grabbed what he needed and ran back inside the Alpha's den, leaving Mikael speechless. Daria must be in labor... this could be really poor timing. Mikael ran back to Em and told her that Clay was not there, most likely tending to Daria since her labor has begun.

Em would be patient no matter what happened. I dont know how long I'll last, Mikael. The kicks are getting worse. " she said laying on her side and trying to stay calm. " I know i shouldnt be scared.. since i already have two girls.. but its been forever since i felt like this. "

Star was out in the woods alone, just out hunting for herself in the Western border. Dove on the other hand was in the pack home sittin gby the tree, beside jonah, worrying about her mother. " Jonah... Im scared for my mother. I know it sounds weird.. but she hasnt have pups since she had us." she whined as she looked at him. " I wish I could do something to help her"

Mikael nodded to Em before looking out, hoping that Clay could come over to them and check on them, but he was more than busy at the moment. Inside the Alpha's den Daria was biting down hard on a stick that Clay had provided to her to get through the pain. "Can't you do anything for her? She's in pain Clay!" Clay looked at his Alpha before looking back at Daria, who was not having a fun time with the labor. "If I could give her something for the pain I would, but now that she's in labor I don't want to give her anything, especially considering the previous two litters she has birthed." Hunter groaned, knowing that Clay was right. Daria looked up worrying at Clay before looking at Hunter, nearly breaking the stick with her jaw.

Jonah could see how worried Dove was for her mother. "I know you're worried for your mom Dove, but all you can do is let nature take it's course. She's been through this before, so I have confidence in her." He said, not sounding completely confident but he was at least trying.

Dove was pacing back and forth in front of Jonah now " I wanna help her... but im just another one in the way. I cant wait out here and just...do nothing, Jonah."

She eyed Jonah before walking to him and then just stayed still.

em was so close. But had to wait for clay " I dont care if he's busy, Mikael.. I need him..now!"

Em growled " not so good, Clay. I think... Im... due any minute.." she layed on her stomach, eyeing Mikael " stay with me....dont leave me now. grab something for me to bite on...please.. and let the girls know ill be fine.

Star, Dove and Jonah were talking quietly together, finally being nice to each other. " Haha yeah.. i dont think Hunter would want that to happen again... I still wanna talk to Moon and tell her I have made up my mind to not be with her"

Mikael nodded and he quickly ran out of the den to bring back a stick for Em to bite down on, and on the way back he told Star and Dove that their mother was doing fine. As soon as he made it to his den, he found Hunter dragging Clay back. Daria had just given birth to the first of the litter, the first pup not moving. As Clay tried to revive the first pup, the second one arrived, weakly moving but alive. It looked just like Daria, with the exception his back and tail was black, like his father. Hunter cleaned up the newborn boy as Clay continued to work on the other one, which was still not moving. "Come on... please..." Clay said as he tried to wake the still pup, but there still wasn't movement. Hunter lifted the newborn boy and lied it by Daria's side, and she was relieved that he was okay, but her eyes lied on the still pup. Eventually, after two more minutes of trying to wake the still pup up, Clay checked to see if the pup was breathing, but he wasn't. Clay stood up and looked at Daria and Hunter before shaking his head. Daria began to weep, with Hunter trying to console her as the newborn pup began to feed. "Now if you excuse me, I have to tend to Em." Clay said, before quickly running back to Mikael and Em's den to tend to Em as her labor progressed.