It came at her suddenly. She had been careful to restrict what she did on a day to day basis. The entire pard has pitched in to give her a hand, to take some of the load off her shoulders. Her mate would stay close by unless there was a job that pulled him away, then he had one of the boys stay close. They were not taking any chances.

And it was still not enough. Damon was away on a job when she was wracked with her first pains. Tycet and Lucas were on hand to help her while Vanessa ran to find Shariane. Her strength was stolen from her as she felt as though her abdomen was being ripped open. The healing adept managed to arrive quickly and managed to get her stabilized fast.

No one wanted to tell their quick tempered enforcer that their Nimir-Ra and their cubs were in danger. Yet Vanessa managed to gather up the courage to call him.

The healing adept restricted their Nimir-ra to bed rest. She almost had her brought over to the clinic yet she knew that the pard would not want others to know. The admonishment was complete bed rest or be hospitalized.