Rochelle found Shai crumpled on the floor and it was with haste that Angelo was sent into the city to fetch the doctor. A flurry of motion in the main house, Gio scooped the woman into his arms easily and rushed her upstairs to gently place her upon the bed.
Noone knew what had just happened, least of all Gio. Shooting a look to Rochelle he demanded. "Send one of the other's to find Kruger, hurry woman!" Rochelle was mid heel in a turn when Shai muttered between gut wrenching sobs. "Do not seek him out..." Stunned by the declaration, they would deal with all of that at a later time. For the moment, Gio followed Rochelle's line of sight to his sleeve and he went wide eyed, it was covered in blood....Shai's blood.
An eternity before the doctor had been roused from his bed and brought to Belglade to tend to Shai.
All through the night, the house was a flurry. The wives, the husband's, even the children kept a vigil downstairs. So very confused, they whispered amongst themselves for some sort of answer. An answer that didn't come. The only thing that came was the burst's of screaming from upstairs', now and then.
Sometime around dawn, the sun was just beginning to peek it's way from it's haven, the shrill cry of a newborn was heard and the group sighed a breath of relief.
The child had arrived.
(tbc)
Noone knew what had just happened, least of all Gio. Shooting a look to Rochelle he demanded. "Send one of the other's to find Kruger, hurry woman!" Rochelle was mid heel in a turn when Shai muttered between gut wrenching sobs. "Do not seek him out..." Stunned by the declaration, they would deal with all of that at a later time. For the moment, Gio followed Rochelle's line of sight to his sleeve and he went wide eyed, it was covered in blood....Shai's blood.
An eternity before the doctor had been roused from his bed and brought to Belglade to tend to Shai.
All through the night, the house was a flurry. The wives, the husband's, even the children kept a vigil downstairs. So very confused, they whispered amongst themselves for some sort of answer. An answer that didn't come. The only thing that came was the burst's of screaming from upstairs', now and then.
Sometime around dawn, the sun was just beginning to peek it's way from it's haven, the shrill cry of a newborn was heard and the group sighed a breath of relief.
The child had arrived.
(tbc)