Cérès and the species that reside are owned by  littleshewolf

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A female Lycan smiled down at the letter she received, a warmth spreading through her body as she looked over the writing and the three pawprint signatures. She gasped with a soft yip, smiling down at the young cub suckling milk that reminded her of the little treasure she carried.

Rho’Sah could feel her tail wagging ecstatically as the cub in her arms murred softly. She felt the proud warmth again, having never thought she could be a mother again.

A male Lycan emerged from within their den, looking worried as he heard his mate’s noises of discomfort before smiling down at his two favorite women in his life. “Hungry again? She seems to like you more.”

“Oh hush, Tau’Ros. You’re closer to her than I am.”

“Well, she’s too young to remember anyone else, but I hope she remembers us as she grows up.”
It had been over a year since her only son left to be on his own, coming across something she did not expect only two weeks after Sai’Rho. Tau’Ros had a young cub in his arms, making an offer she would never turn down.

If circumstances were different, Tau’Ros would have been Sai’Rho’s father. He was one of the soldiers that happened to be courting her in preparation for their own mating in the upcoming Spring. Rho’Sah came to learn that the alpha at the time was pairing the strongest males with the most beautiful of females, herself not included.

Tau’Ros never forgot about her after her banishment. He wanted her and her alone, choosing not to mate another out of loss. Despite this, he was allowed to stay as the pack changed in a few years’ time, even rising to become one of a handful of Alphas to rule. There was still something he longed for, something he wanted to do.

Fate would deliver exactly what he wanted… First, it was a quite literal delivery when his sister had one too many than she was expecting. He was more than happy to take his niece as his own before she could even open her eyes. The next would come when a hybrid male approached the council of Alpha’s, seeking permission to mate and to live among them. How fortunate for the hybrid to have been none other than Sai’Rho, able to tell Tau’Ros exactly where his mother had been living alone for several years.
“Life has a funny way of working out, doesn’t it?” Rho’Sah hummed in thought, being hugged by her mate from behind.

The cub in her arms gently stirred, her eyes slowly opening to greet the two older Lycans as her parents. She blinked once, letting out a happy coo and a tail-wag.

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