A Mother's Second Chance

I was in the kitchen of my home, the home I share with my mate, our two adopted daughters and our four children, when I felt something shift inside me.

Instinctively, I turned to look in the direction of the hatching grounds just as Malakar bellowed.

“MOM! Yurok is hatching!”

“Go, Vael! I’ll take care of our kittens,” Rajar says to me.

I turn and look at him and I know he feels my excitement mixed