My cubs can walk, Mira thought to herself, watching the children she nurtured pace around the nursery, they can also shift! They're not a defect like me! My cubs can walk, eat solid food and shift like normal beasts.
After so long, it was nice to see them play fight and grow without needing her breast milk. Now, they mostly went hunting with their father.
The scent of fresh forest leaves filled the nursery. Thinking of father. . . , Mira thought.
Jia Hao walked into the nursery with a bag.
"Dad!!" Jia-Yang Yi yelled. The other children's attention left what they were doing and refocused to the entrance. They all ran to meet him. Jia Hao squatted and spread his arms wide to accommodate his children. Their weight pushed against his so much at once that it sent him falling backwards. And they still gathered around him.
"Welcome back, daddy."
"Yes! We missed you."
"Bring anything for us on your way?"
"Dad, tell me you got us girls something pretty."
