Flashback ( PDFDrive )

And so was her brother, who arrived a minute later and let out the
world’s tiniest nicker. He had blue tips on his wings just like his
daddy.
Tarina tucked him safely in his pod and gave Silveny and Greyfell
each another heartbreaking nuzzle with their son. Then she sealed
him in tight and set him next to his sister.
Everyone gathered around the pods to watch the sweet babies float
in their temporary wombs—except Vika and Edaline, who were busy
doing some final slurpy-sounding things to finish up the whole birth
process. And Sophie stayed with Silveny, stroking her nose and
transmitting that her babies were okay over and over until Vika
draped a fresh towel over Silveny’s face and said it was time for the
tired mama to sleep.
“She’ll be okay?” Sophie had to ask as Silveny’s body stilled.
Vika nodded. “There were zero complications. So far, at least.” Her
eyes shifted to the baby pods. “So . . . what now?”
“Now I have a call to make,” Sophie said, pulling out her Imparter
and sneaking off to a secluded section of the beach to hail Luzia
Vacker.
“Did both babies survive the delivery?” Luzia asked the second her
face filled the screen.
“They did.” Sophie’s voice choked as she said it—who knew
watching life come into the world was this overwhelming? “And
Silveny seems to be doing pretty good too. How’s the hive coming?”
“Faster than expected. I found an existing structure that served our
needs, so we didn’t have to start from scratch. The trolls are treating
the walls now and preparing the membranes. Shouldn’t be much
longer, barring some sort of disaster.”