Are we out of the woods?

Chapter Fifteen

As I promised second part of the finale! Enjoy! (Be sure to not have missed the previous part of the double update!)

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Wild hyacinths had started to grow all around the camp, sweetening the light spring breeze with their smell. The woods had never been greener, and a light scent of blooming flowers came from there too, together with the cheerful chirping of awakened birds. The sun was shining above the wooden huts, as people got ready for the day ahead. More cabins had been built in the meantime, covering all the northern side of the river that, thanks to the rainy days, widened of nearly a thousand feet.

Karlie sat nearby the extinguished bonfire, as the logs from the night before rested forgotten in between the ashes across the woman's legs. The light white shirt she was wearing felt tight around her biceps as, with her eyes closed, she laid in the warm embrace of the sun.

"Come on. Who am I?" came Cara's voice beside her.

Karlie chuckled, opening her eyes. Cara sat at her side, seated on the log her back was resting onto. The woman had her legs parted, as she looked down in between them at the newborn playing on the grass below her.

"Who-am-I?" repeated the alpha, spelling out the question as she hit her chest with the palm of her hand against.

The little kid ignored her, her little brown eyes diverting away from the ones of her mother to look down at the short grass growing in between her chubby fingers.

"Eve, Evelyn look at me." called out Cara, picking up the child in her arms.

The baby cried out happily, smiling and raising her little arms towards her mother's face to pinch her nose.

"You know that she can't talk yet, right?" chuckled Karlie, looking at the baby.

Evelyn was resting her little head on her mother's chest, as her small feet kept kicking around as she tried to climb up the woman's body.

Cara rolled her eyes, gently passing a hand over the little girl's back.

"If you say so."

Eve giggled, making little bubbles with her mouth as her small hands grasped onto her mother's shirt. She wore a little white dress made by Amber, her dark blonde hair so short that Karlie could barely see them. The resemblance with Cara was stunning. Even if the little girl didn't have her mother's colours, their features were strikingly similar.

"So, how's motherhood?" asked Karlie, biting into one of the sweet apples she had been keeping in the basket beside them.

"Joyful, beautiful, really tiring." replied the alpha, moving her child so she wouldn't drool over her neck.

"But you forget the tiring part every time you look down at this little ones." she added smiling at the baby in her arms.

"Isn't it, Eve?"

"We stay awake all night, we cry till we sleep, then as soon as mommies fall asleep it's din-dins time. All fun stuff." continued the woman, talking to her daughter in a high-pitched tone.

"Sounds great." laughed the taller alpha, swallowing down a mouthful of apple as she crossed her legs.

"Yeah well, it's Amber the one good at this. I feel like I'm just stumbling around with all this motherhood stuff." admitted Cara scratching the back of her head.

"For what is worth it, I think you're doing an incredible job." cheered her Karlie.

"Look at her, she adores you. If that isn't a sign of the fact that you're a good mother I don't know what it could be."