After we leave the hospital with the ultrasound photos in an envelope, we drive back to the packhouse in silence. Once again, we are sunk in our own bliss now that we have seen our pups. It's official, we're going to be parents. This feeling is more intense than I thought.

We decided to announce the news officially during the ceremony. About my pregnancy and the number of little ones on the way. I can already imagine how exuberantly the pack will react to this news. It is now also not a secret anymore, of course, that Zane and I did not keep our agreement to mate after I was...