Christof knelt protectively beside me. He wasn’t sure what I had to stop.


    “Yes, Mistress,” I whimpered holding my stomach.


    A moment Later the cramp returned. It radiated from my Lower back and I writhed trying to find a


    comfortable way to move. Water sshed to the ground beneath me as the contraction ended.


    “What is that?” Christof asked Looking between my thighs.


    Between my legs was warm and wet as I looked down. Through my translucent clothing it was easy to


    see the pool of bloody water beneath me.


    Nu-reeh was really cursing now. There was so much more I needed to know. She hadn’t gotten through


    half of my education. There was more she needed to do first. Nu-reh was furious at how far along I was


    before she knew.


    In a fit of anger Nu-reeh pped Damien.


    “Why did you not pick better Keepers?” she demanded as he stumbled back. “They kept it a secret!”


    The blow had surprised Damien, but he’d received worse. My family prepared for a beating, still not


    understanding what brought on this fit of rage. They’d take whatever they had to in order to keep Nu-


    reeh’s wrath from me.


    The pain knotted across my lower back and I groaned leaning onto the wall. I did the breathing Rose


    had taught me to try to maintainposure. Now was not the time for weakness.


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    The sound got Nu-reeh’s attention. She ordered my men to bring certain things from inside and put


    them in bags. While my men worked she stood ring at me.


    Christof knelt at my side and stroked my back.


    “What is happening?” he whispered into my ear when Nu-reeh’s attention turned back to Damien as my


    men returned to her with the requested items.


    “It’sing soon,” I told him. “The cramping pushes the baby out,” I exined as another wave of it


    swept across my lower back and into my belly.


    Christof picked me up at Nu-reeh’smand and we walked briskly through the hallways. My natural


    curiosity had me wondering where exactly we were going. I tried to pay attention to the twists and


    turns, but the cramping kept distracting me. We had never been where we were going now.


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    “It’s too fast,” I whispered into Christof’s neck. “It takes hours and hours. This is too fast,” I whined as


    the next series of spine wrenching clenching took me.


    Nu-reeh answered me as we walked. “It is one of us, ve, not one of you. She will fight her way out


    now that you have released the fluid around her.”


    Iughed hysterically as my gut clenched again. Images of a hairy beast springing from my huge belly


    suddenly seemed funny. Perhaps she’d tear out of me and this would all be over.


    “No!” Bane shouted.


    “You said ites out the Lower tunnel! Swear to me, Ciara, this doesn’t tear from your body that


    way!”


    My owners were frantic and had stopped moving to surround me. They didn’t know how to fix me if the


    baby tore out of me. Nu-reeh turned and grabbed me from Christof and walked faster.


    “Ites out the tunnel, Bane. Do not be a nuisance. I am bringing you with me into the women’s area.


    They will not tolerate any trouble from you men,” she said.


    We’d never been to the women’s area, not even me. No one was sure why we had to go there. It would


    be crawling with…ugg, better not to think of what it would be like.


    We came to a wall of rock and I looked up the steep incline. Just as I wondered where we go now, Nu-


    reeh took flight. She soared up with dizzying speed to an opening at the top.