Mother of Gods
08-09-2018, 06:25 PM
Malleus was exhausted. He'd slept little since learning of Eclipse's demise. So few Abraxas had been found since that day. Their apparent loss kept him up at night. If enough time passed he was going to have to assume they were dead and that saddened him. Had they lost their way? Had Eclipse stumbled and brought down the wrath of god? He'd thought Ashiel a good leader and Razi potentially one too, so the idea that they were possibly being punished troubled him. It couldn't be so and yet, what other explanation was there? "Malleus!" a distant voice screamed. Serene? Malleus was off like a shot in the direction of her den, his fatigue forgotten. By his estimates she'd conceived early in her heat cycle and that meant they were approaching her delivery day. In the chaos following the canyon flood he'd lost track of time and only now that he was hearing her voice was he reminded of how near it must be. Was it time? Was something wrong? Those thoughts pushed him faster. In no time at all he was at her den and squeezing inside. "Serene? Is everything alright?" He'd never attended a birth before, but he had prepared and he was ready. |