On The Road Again

The woman heard the rumble of voices, but she was too tired to care. Plus, it was just Amarant. But when the scent of Kylar reached her nose her eyes snapped open, her lips pulling back into a snarl. Leaping to her paws she jumped in front of Kylar, not even hearing his words. "You get the fuck away from my baby," she snapped, hackles raising. She wasn't scared anymore, she wasn't going to have another child die in front of her. No, if a life was going to be taken it was going to be her own. Cohen let out a cry below her, the sudden movements that she had had woken the poor newborn with a start. Ekko's ears pulled back to listen to him, her body lowering to offer him a little bit of her heat. Growls rumbled through her body as her pale blue eyes narrowed. There was no backing down this time, she was going to fight this time.