Neera lay next to her mate, Thel. Neither Cainid was sleeping, as they were listening for the sounds of their four-year-old daughter stirring. The den was completely silent, except for the soft hissing of their breathing. Thel sighed and rolled onto his back.
"I can't believe you're pregnant again, Neera," he murmured. Neera huffed.
"I'm more surprised than you are. The doctor said it would take more than six years for my cycle to come back," she said. Thel looked at his mate.
"Are you going to go on leave again? I mean, you can't go on missions when you're carrying," he said. Neera shrugged.
"I don't think I can take another six years away from the C.R.A," she muttered sourly. Thel frowned suddenly.
"Do you hear that . . . ?" he asked. Neera raised an eyebrow and listened for the sound of crying. All she heard was a soft whoosh from over head. Neera paused, and then her heart rate spiked. She knew that sound. It was a missle, and it was heading stright for their den. Thel had come to the same realization as his mate moments before Neera.
"GO!" he yelled. "I'll get Kally!" Neera leapt to her feet.
"No, I'm coming with you!" she barked. Thel grabbed Neera by the back of her neck and threw her towards the den exit.
"GO! You cannot risk yourself now! GO!" he snarled. Neera scrambled for the exit. She leapt out of the den just as the missle hit. The blast sent her flying several feet.
She landed hard nearly two hundred feet from the den. She turned to see the den exploding before her eyes, the love of her life and her only child still inside.
"NO!" Neera screamed.
I'm horrible to my characters, aren't I? Neera's family was accidently killed, btw. The military doesn't kill packs with missles. That's what agents like Neera are for XD. The missle was being used for weapons testing and they lost control of it. And it ending up giving Neera's family a very rude wake up call.
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