• Chapter 9
    Four days passed since we fled the base. Which meant my baby was due tomorrow. But I feared it would come early.
    I sat in a tree for three whole days. Alex hunted and brought his kills up the tree. I didn't eat much. Alex wouldn't leave me except when he had to hunt.
    I felt spoiled.
    "I need to hunt. I'll be back," he said. He dropped down from the tree. After Alex disappeared from view, Gabriel came back to the tree. He climbed up, and stayed a branch above me.
    "I hope the humans leave soon. There's about twelve hours until your infant is due," he said. I didn't answer. I hadn't been talking much either.
    Alex was probably just as horrified as I was. We didn't know this would happen so soon. He then came into view again, carrying a huge stag in his one arm. He climbed the tree and snarled at Gabriel. Gabriel hissed and jumped to another tree.
    I rested my head against the trunk. Alex pulled me colser to him, so I leaned against his shoulder instead. I looked at the stag that was now hanging over a lower branch.
    Alex lifted my chin up and touched my lips with his. Mine were weak. And he knew that.
    I then felt dizzy. I swayed. Alex grabbed me just as I was about to fall to the forest floor. I started to slip away into unconsciousness.
    He shook me gently.
    "Kait?" he said. He started to worry.
    I blacked out for a few minutes. Alex carried me down to the ground below. Gabriel rushed over. I blacked out again.

    I woke in Alex's arms. He was rocking back and fourth. He felt my movement and held me out in front of him.
    "Kait?" he said again. I started to reach out to stroke his face. Just as I did so, a sharp pain stabbed at my stomach.
    A loud ear piercing shreik escaped my lips. This was it. It was time.