Springtime was Kate’s favorite time of the year. All that troublesome cold and the snowstorms were largely behind her. The long nights of frigid cold. Food was rarely scarce, but hunting while wading through inches of snow carried with it much tediousness. With winter behind her, the tan furred alpha gracefully wandered the green forests of Jasper like she always had in her free time. She knew her dear mate Humphrey wasn’t too far behind, needing an extra minute to wrap things up with his friends before joining her in some alone time. But neither of them would be alone.

Over the course of a few brief months, Kate’s belly had grown out farther than she could have imagined. Humphrey may have been meek, but he certainly had something in his seed to make the alpha’s once lean midriff grow and blossom with life. Her mother and her sister agreed that it was a big litter, and healthy pups, at least three. Kate could feel the moment approaching when they’d be ready to come out. Days, if not hours. This didn’t deter her from her daily activities. While hunting big prey was out of the question, traveling around her turf and boasting her rounded frame in all its glory would do her just fine. Her belly swayed side to side like a living pendulum, arching her back down to the point of aching, but this didn’t stop her, only slowed her down a pace or two.

A deep and slow breath filled her lungs, and a smile spread across her lips as she made her way out of the treeline and stepped out onto a stone surface, looking over a forested valley with green trees that spread out for miles away. She was looking over what was once the Eastern Territory. Kate still had some hard feelings for the wolf who once ruled those lands for what he nearly did to her, and her pack. But part of her was thankful. If not for Tony’s interference in her life, she may have never woken up to how unjust the old ways were, and gotten together with the wolf she knew would do anything for her, and gave her the little ones within her immense gut. This was her favorite spot to stand and think. In day, night, rain, and snow she came to this spot to contemplate. Her sister and Humphrey called it a form of meditation. Whatever it was, Kate loved it, especially now that she had a little bit of company inside her, joining her.

A soft sigh left Kate as she swayed her bushy tail behind her, the breeze moving through her head hair and the rest of the fur on her body, threatening to blow the purple flower off her head. There was something she’d been thinking about for some time. Since the day her life was nearly ended in that stampede, like the blow to her head by the caribou’s hoof changed her perspective on things. Kate always knew it was mostly on Tony. But as the months passed, she became less mad at Tony, especially after he finally apologized to her personally, and began to consider the forces behind what drove leaders like Tony to madness over a simple bending of “Pack Law”.

She wasn’t alone in this sentiment. Lilly and Humphrey spoke about it too. Why were some of these laws ever made or needed? Why divide wolves into ranks that they clearly didn’t need for the sake of purity? Especially in smaller packs where all wolves shared equal responsibilities apart from a pair of leaders. Why have alphas and omegas when the pack could be one? Her hazel eyes were lost in the valley below as her head was just as much a bustle as her womb was with her pups.

Speaking of, one particularly string movement inside roused Kate from her deep thoughts. She looked back at her bulging belly as she witnessed a paw push out. Her heart quickened in its pace. She was thrilled to see her unborn pups show so much strength, even if it caused minor discomfort. A warm expression shaped on her face as she spoke to her pups softly.

“Mmm…you’re right, little ones. There’s no alphas or omegas…just wolves. When you guys come out, daddy and I are going to dissolve that old way of thinking, and you’ll grow up in a better pack..got it?”

A brief wiggling squirm deformed the round shape of her bump for a moment, enough to make her wince, but eventually settled down. Kate took that as an answer and giggled softly.

“Heh, good. Mama’s so proud already.”

Kate began to look back out, when her nose picked up another scent. Her ears perked up to their full height, and she looked back, smirking at her mate who was trying to sneak up behind her.

“You trying to make my water break early, silly?”

Humphrey, knowing he had been caught second before he would say “boo” cried out in exaggerated frustration as he leaned over and plopped on his side. Kate was almost impossible to startle anymore.

“Doh! I was this close! The pups saw me coming didn’t they??”

The grey omega sat back up while Kate simply rolled her eyes. The pups couldn’t see anything, though part of her was sure they could hear the outside world on some level at this stage. Kate simply rolled her eyes again. She grew (literally and figuratively) to love her husband’s quips and fun loving nature. It taught her to be more outgoing, and incidentally made everyone in the pack wonder why her heavily pregnant self wasn’t resting all the time.

“Wouldn’t you like to know, Humphrey?? Come on, let’s go fishing. We’re getting hungry..”

With a huff and a puff, Kate got herself moving again, turning and heading back into the woods. Humphrey watched the tan wolfess waddle on past him with grace and finesse and gestured for him to follow her, the alpha’s tail flicking him in the face playfully before she disappeared from sight. Humphrey trotted after her, ready to spend the day with the life of his life, and the pups growing inside her that that love created…
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Kate as you can tell is a favorite character of mine. I don’t know what it is about her, but I feel the same amount of love and attachment to her character as I do with greats like Luke Skywalker, Alan Grant, Spider-Man, etc. The art that comes with this story was made my the amazing Convexpert. I once again thank them for making this beautiful piece that I’m proud to post here. I hope you enjoy this, especially if you’re a fan of the film Kate is from.