“Don’t hurt the baby!” someone shouted.
Elijah bolted upright on the couch, groggy and disoriented.
Baby? Where?
Baby? Where?“Leave her alone!” Nova screamed.
He threw off the blanket and hurried down the hall toward what sounded like a battle royale in his bedroom.
He flung open the door to find only Nova there.
She thrashed about in the bed violently, snarling the covers around her till she nearly strangled herself with them.
Elijah quickly stepped forward and untangled them.
“Please don’t hurt the baby,” she begged.
He sat down on the edge of the bed and stared at her, deep in thought. Was she a mother?
No. None of their kind could have children. At least not on Earth. That didn’t stop some of the mated couples in the safe houses from trying, but no children had ever been conc
