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 Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:47 pm
 That b*****d. That filthy, worthless b*****d. He did this to her, and she was not happy about it. Varia would never admit that it was her that had commanded Casimir to spend that one night together in hopes of creating pups, and now that she was carrying them she was not happy at all. Casimir would pay for this...with his life. Varia was beyond angry at this point, and that was never good. Stalking out of her den the patchy wolfess set about to look for the creature who had done this to her.
It had been a while since her and Casimir's night together and with that time she had grown bigger. Though no where near as big as Seraphin had gotten. In fact it looked more like she had just slacked off a bit in her training than being pregnant, but she knew it wasn't that. The extra bulk she did carry was set about her middle. She had avoided Casimir after their time together, except for that one day when they had that change meeting in the woods and she had attacked him. Now though she decided to find him, show him the result of his actions and severely punish him for it.
So far she had told no one about her condition, it wasn't something she was proud of and likely never would be, unless by some miracle each and every pup within her was female, then and only then would she be happy. But now she was getting to the point that is was quite obvious, and Varia had been pushing herself even harder in training to keep it all hidden. Sitting about in the den doing nothing would only encourage this bulk to grow and that would not do at all. Padding quickly through the trees Varia ears, eyes and nose were alert to any sign of Casimir.
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:40 pm
 Though it was somewhat contrary to his nature, Casimir had spent the last weeks doing his absolute best to disappear into the woodwork. Catching Varia's cold eye had brought an unprecedented fear and worry into his life; he had grown up among Sisters and Warriors, and was used to forgiving their harshness and commandeering with ease, but Varia was different. She hated things, and she hated him, just by virtue of being near him long enough. The thought of her disgust and anger, and of the tenuous protection his pack allotted him, put him off his meals, sucked the bounce out of his step, and wiped the smile off his face, and he spent his days as alert and fearful as the antelope he was patterned after.
He was spending his free time at the end of the day a small distance away from the main den site; for all his stress, Casimir was not one to fall into a whirlpool of anxiety without doing his best to struggle back out of it. Lying in the hollow of a tree root, his ears flickering along to the quiet sounds of returning patrols, conversing Slaves and Sisters, he worked to still the flurry of thoughts that kept arising. Breathing deeply, he made himself stop asking what would happen if Varia was pregnant, and what would happen if she wasn't. What was going to happen would happen, and it didn't affect the outcome to tie his stomach in knots over it.
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 4:22 pm
She could smell him now, smell the sickening scent of male. He was close. And what was worse is that she knew he wasn't working, he was lazing about. Typical worthless male, she should have killed him in the forest when she had the those weeks ago. Growl rumbled in her throat as she rounded about the tree root to come face to face with the dirty b*****d. It only took a split second for her to read the obvious worry on his face and the fact that for once in his life he wasn't smiling was a small victory for the patchy warrior. Varia stood there staring at him, and obvious hatred in her eyes, she said nothing at the moment for before she killed him she wanted him to realize the consequences of their actions together. And she refused to point it out, speaking those words right now would only verbally confirm what she now dreaded, she would be a mother.
Perhaps for the first time in her life Varia was happy that Terreis was no longer in that pack, for her sister would never let her hear the end of this. Varia never thought once that she would be a mother and ever since she found out she was pregnant she regretted that one night nearly every moment of every day. The shame of giving birth to any male pups would be too much and she would likely need to kill them on the spot or leave them in the forest to die. Of course if Terreis was still around she could just shove all the pup raising duties onto her sister, Terreis knew what it took to be a mother and knew how to raise a disappointing litter of males. Hell the pack nanny recently had a litter of pup which meant she could easily raise Varia's as well. No use in wasting efforts now was there. Pushing all of these thought momentarily to the back of her mind Varia continued to stare at Casimir waiting for the realization to hit him.
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 7:57 pm
Brooding about Varia, it turned out, really didn't feel enormously different from being glowered at by Varia. As Casimir began to sense her, his ears going still and his eyes flicking open, he experienced a subtle dread that was rather different from the stings of panic she had inspired in the recent past. He stared solemnly at her mouth, his eyes averted just so from her hateful stare, and remained huddled against the tree root at his back. It wasn't the absolute most submissive or palliative position for him to be in, but some unconscious part of Casimir knew that running would only delay, and perhaps intensify, what was about to come down on him, and he found he couldn't drum up the spirit required to do so, anyway. "Good evening, Sister."
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:15 pm
"You dare speak to me without being given permission first!" She snapped at his obvious insolence. She hated this, hated every thing that it stood for, never again would she bring a male into her life if even for a night. "I should kill you for what you have done." Should being an operative word, as in her mind Varia meant to say she would kill him. Something about pregnancy affected the words that came out of her mouth verses what she was actually thinking. Another thing to hate, next thing you know she will be giving the sisters a day off from their training instead of stepping it up a notch.
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:01 pm
Cas could hardly imagine a time when he could take her volley of threats and insults and respond in cheery goodwill. He felt his heart clench as she spoke - first simply at the anger she was expressing, and then again, much tighter, when he realized just what she was saying. So she was pregnant? He ground his teeth together and stared fiercely at the ground between them, his thoughts clamoring - the unanticipated joy of becoming an expecting father bodily trampled over by the awful situation they had created. She could surely feel his body tense, feel the acrid hormones of stress and fear begin to curl inside of him, but he chose to say nothing. Maybe it was best to take his punishment like a stoic.
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:11 pm
The best thing, well no the only good thing, about all of this, is that Casimir had not even a hint of smile or happiness to him. Instead he was laying there in a pile of fear. Beautiful - no, no it wasn't, it was pathetic and sickening. Best to just put him out of his misery. And today she would not let him get away, not like that time a few weeks back, no today she had the advantage, he was cornered and already looked defeated. It would be an easy kill, which was disappointing. Honestly she could have just reached forward, clamped onto his neck and ended it just that quickly. But now, this was a pleasure kill so Varia would take her time.
Stepping even close to him Varia remained silent for a moment, giving him another moment to wonder just what she would do to him. Then her attack came, teeth snapped at his face, front paws launched towards his shoulder, claws bend on ripping out the flesh. The snarl that came from her spoke greatly that today she meant business.
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:25 pm
Casimir lurched reflexively, drawing his face away from her snapping jaws and backing out from the partial shelter of the root. His thick coat prevented her claws from tearing his skin, but his head and face had little to offer against her snarling fangs. He kept silent, doing his best to absorb her attacks, knowing that whatever he did would have little effect on the outcome of this fight and resolving not to put more effort into fighting back than he had to.
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:38 pm
He wasn't fighting back, wasn't trying to run away, just laying there like the dirt that he was. She continued to make his face her personal chew toy while raking her claws across various parts of his body, curing his thicker fur for reducing the damage they were doing. Well what the claws cant do effectively the teeth can. So Varia moved her jaws away from his face down towards his chest and front legs, making sure to pull out chunks of fur as she went, they would grow back anyways - or at least would if he wasn't going to be dead by the end of all of this.
"b*****d!" She managed to yell out in between bites. Varia didn't care if any of the sisters overheard her, and if they did she knew they wouldn't stop her. They were under her command, the only one who could end this was the Queen and she was not around. Besides Varia attacking a male was not something that out of the ordinary so any sister that did pass by would likely turn a blind eye to it. If it was the other way around however the sisters would flood to the scene to defend one of their own.
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:01 pm
While Varia razed his head, Cas tried to think of something else to occupy his mind with. He felt a twinge of fickle pleasure at remembering their appointed night together, for no other reason than that she now seemed to intensely regret it. He choked down a yelp as she began to tear at his chest and legs, but continued to hold relatively still. He thought about the Warriors he knew growing up, about the friends he had in his adolescence, about the old Queen. It was funny, he thought, his face contorting as she worried his shoulder, he seemed to remember his pack being a much more pleasant place to live.
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:40 pm
As she bit into various parts of him Varia felt sick, though she wasn't sure if it was a side effect of the blasted pregnancy or that he just tasted awful. It was probably both. She would rather eat a mostly rotten carcass than taste male flesh. And she hated to admit it, but she was tiring. Gods this sucked, she felt sick, was getting tired when normally she would never, and even her anger was melting away. So badly had she wanted to kill him, and now all she wanted to do was hurl in the forest and then take a nice long nap.
Taking one last snap at his legs Varia ended her attacks and heaved a deep breath. The want to kill was still there, but the energy to do so just wasn't, but she couldn't let Casimir know that. "Don't think I am letting you go, sometimes it is best to torture ones prey over several sessions before ending it's life. I will be back for you." It was not her normal hate filled threat but it was the best she could manage right now. Eyes narrowed and sent him one final stare before she turned and padded off, she would show herself as the still strong wolf that she was until in the privacy of her den, then she would let her exhaustion catch up.
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 6:56 pm
It didn't take long for Cas to notice the waning intensity of her attacks - though the parting bite to his leg was certainly not what he'd call half-hearted. As she backed off, glowering and threatening him, he slowly picked himself up, in a daze; he had expected the beating. But he had not expected it to end like...had she lost heart? He watched her go, alone with the pounding sting of his injuries, and wondered at what had just happened. Surely she didn't feel remorse; she clearly hated him now at least as much as she had the day they met, but nonetheless, he felt his spirits ever so slightly lifted. Maybe his puppies were sticking up for him, he thought with a crooked smile, and began his quiet limp back to the dens.
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:30 pm
*******
Time passed relatively quickly with the remainder of her pregnancy. It also sucked so much. Backing down on training was not something she ever wanted to do but her stamina and strength were quite sapped thanks to the wretched whelps within her. What was worse was that she had promised Penthesilea that if any males did come in this litter to not kill them. Curse her stupid loyalty to the Queen, and refusing to disobey orders.
When the time came to give birth to the pups it was midday, a time when normally she would be running the afternoon training session. But no apparently she needed to do this instead. The labor wasn't all that difficult as Varia was in extremely fit shape, but was still something she vowed to never go through again, no matter the outcome of the litter, it was clearly not worth it. Of course with each new pup coming into the world not of the gender she wanted Varia was considering disobeying her orders to not kill the males. It had been bad enough that her first born was male, but then her second and her third as well. When the last pup was on it's way Varia swore that if it was male she would not be able to hold her bargain with the Queen anymore. But it would seem nature felt like giving her at least one pup that was female.
After all four pups were born Varia cleaned the female first, she was the only one that deserved the attention. However in the end instinct took over partially and Varia half-heartedly cleaned off the three male pups. Something needed to be done and quickly before anyone found out about the shameful results of her litter. Sadly she couldn't kill them, but she could dispose of them in a different way.
Varia rested for a short while, labor was an extremely exhausting thing to go through. With most of the pack still busy with various training and duties Varia knew she could go about her business without being noticed. And really who would question what she is doing anyways?
Pulling herself to her paws Varia gave her only daughter a small reassuring nudge. "I will be right back, need to take care of your brothers." Take care being a relative term as she did not plan to do anything that would involve raising or taking care of them. Picking up one of the pup she slipped from her den and carried it off towards the trees. She traveled for a good distance looking for a suitable spot to dump the little buggers that wouldn't involve them being found. Ah now there was one place that the sisters would never think to look, it wasn't the most ideal as they would eventually be found but it would work. Changing her course Varia carried the pup towards the outskirts of the territory where the slave dens could be found. Once she reached Casimir's den she placed the pup inside and headed back to her own to get the other two. A second trip brought the second male out here and with only more one trip she would have rid herself of this problem.
Hurrying back to her den she checked on the female pup once more before taking the final male and padding off once more towards Casimir's den. This would be a nice little surprise for him as he clearly lacked some important tools to properly care for newborn pups. She was so close, she could see the slaves den up ahead, another minute and she would be free. Padding forward Varia had so far succeeded in being unnoticed in her little stint here, as long as she could keep that up a bit longer she would be happy.
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:47 pm
Catching Varia in the act of some stealthy operation sent a chill down Casimir's spine. He hadn't even been heading toward his den, but passing by the area, and had caught sight of her dappled coat slinking single-mindedly through the territory; it stopped him cold in his tracks. He knew in a moment what she was doing - that was a puppy, a boy, and thank god, she wasn't killing it...god, what if it was already dead? His hackles raised in horror, and before he could think about it he was trotting to meet her at the den, his eyes nervously averted.
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:07 pm
She had nearly reached the den, it was only a few feet away when the sound of approaching paws reached her ears. Damn it, so close to doing this without being noticed. But she wasn't about to stop when she was so close to ridding herself of the last pup. So she continued forward, reaching the den and plopping the final male just inside of the entrance. It was only then that she looked to see who had come across her, of course she had smelled Casimir but taking in his sight angered her. Of all the wolves to spot her she did not want it to be him. Of course come to think of it, it was kinda suiting for him to discover her ditching the pups in his den.
"They are your problem now." She told him with a growl echoing in her throat. From this moment on those pups were dead to her. If she had the energy she probably would have ripped Casimir apart right then and there, but she didn't plus she needed to get back to her daughter. Turning Varia begrudgingly left Casimir unharmed and began to pad back to towards her den.
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