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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.”

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