For half a heartbeat she thought she would have the company she craved. The scent of male filled the den. Taika breathed a sigh of relief, too tired to truly take in the details of the smell. Surely it was the ever present Los, or her beloved Edrick just in time for them to meet their children. To her absolute horror, it was not a soft nuzzle on her daughter that came through the door. It was fangs.

Masque yelped as Elijah’s fangs bit into her. Confused and scared, she let out unholy howls and flailed around in his grasp. Minutes old, all she knew was that she had been taken from warmth and comfort and thrown into fear and pain. She thrashed with all her might to escape. Her eyes were still sealed shut as she scrambled and howled. This was not right, this was not right. She wanted to get back to the warmth. Back to the soft comfort of her mother’s body and the sweet songs she had been singing. Crying out the puppy tried to call back the life she had not even begun to live.

Shaking off the surprise of what was happening the new mom leapt to any action she could. Instinct gripped her. Jumping to her feet, not knowing where Soma was she may have accidently stepped on her other child. Instead she bit and scratched wildly at the muzzle that had invaded her den. Terror was searing through her body. She bit again and again at his jaws, trying to get him to release her daughter. She did not care if the fangs turned on her instead, she just wanted her puppy free.

Her body was weak from the effort of giving birth. She could feel what little she had left quickly draining from her. Crying out, she continued to weakly claw and bite at him. Slowly she was coming to the terrible reality. Either she, or her puppies were going to die. And it was because she was alone.