Help, I'm Dying.

Unfortunately she would not be alone for very long, although the pale face that poked into her den seemed to be kind enough. The woman said that she would be right back before vanishing again, leaving her all alone. She just wanted to suffer through this all by herself, this was her issue to deal with. But that sweet scent replaced the smell of her sweat, and her head lifted slightly. Colten. He was here. Her name was whispered off his lips, and he stepped behind her, tucking the small woman against his chest. Ekko sobbed, tucking her head between his front legs. She lifted her head so that it was pressed against his chest, tears flowing down her face. There was hardly any pain as another contraction rushed through her, but it wasn't the pain that made her cry. It was the fear, the huge amount of fear that sunk down to her belly. She was failing all that she had promised herself, all that she vowed to never happen again. But here she was. There was still time until the little souls would be brought into the world, the contractions still had a space of five minutes between them. Squeezing her eyes shut she wished that it would just end, that this would all be over with.