“It is coming quickly.”

The contractions started to come faster and more regular. Rose and Fuji finally decided someone had to get the men. I told them how to get to the sorting room and Fuji bolted out. Rose elected to stay with me, because she knew more about human child birthing.

This was happening so quickly this time. I took off my dress and my boots in the birthing room and crawled up on the warm slab. It had never occurred to me Nu-reeh and her Sisters would watch the camera for that room. They arrived before the men did and shooed Rose out.

My family barely made it to the birthing room before the birth. Kein crawled up behind me and supported me, so I could wrap my arms around my belly and grab my Legs. It took only three pushes and my son slipped onto the slab.

Damien and his Brothers stood transfixed staring at our boy as Nu-reeh picked him up. I saw them try to grab the child, but Dinah pushed them back.

“Stay,” Tosu demanded, “let us check him. We will not harm him.”

infant like a precious gift. She held him gently as he started to cry and inspected

his shoulders on all sides. When he was calm and still, my boy was pale, Like me. As he started to become upset with the cold and the handling his skin took on the prominent stripes of a Paterian male. It relieved me to see the change, although

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the child quickly with a talon. Damien and his Brothers yelled and tried to get past Dinah and Tosu, but the two women held them back. It was

tried to tell Damien what she was doing, but he refused to listen and cursed Nu-reeh.

be healed by the next nightfall,” Nu-reeh said absently, while swaddling the Little boy

had this done as did every

wail by this point. He sounded like a small cat caught in the rain. When Nu-reeh finally handed him to me

brought his tiny mouth to a breast. Instinct took over the moment the firm tip of my nipple met his lips. He rooted around and latched on

Hannah,” Damien

way, yes, he was like Hannah. Feeding seemed to come naturally to him. This little one wasn’t shy and took what he wanted. The hair was very different though, long

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