A soft breeze swept through the almost bare stretch of land between the nests and the eastern border. A few trees held onto the hard volcanic rock but they were so stunted that they offered little relief from the sun. A perfectly circular hole dropped into the ground, it was big and explorers often mistook it for a volcanic cave. It was not, made years ago by paragon it now worked as a midway point for the guards. It was a rest stop and prisoner holding and safety shelter among other things. There was one thing it rarely ever held though; eggs. Two blue eggs being held close to their mother. One was pure sky blue with little red spots all over it. The second was white at the top and faded to blue and then black at the bottom, it had a few blue spots but they were hardly noticeable. Normally the paragon living here had to live in almost complete darkness but they had been able to spare a candle for the new mother. The flickering glow of the room was the only interesting thing the mother had to look at. With no resident nest mother she rarely had a chance to leave the den. Plus she was a new mother and had no idea what to do. Her mate had been helpful though giving her as much information as he could on raising eggs. He also provided her with water and food. Any time she looked at her children her heart swelled with pride.
“Have you decided on the names yet?” A soft voice brought her attention to the world around her. “No, I wanted to wait until they were hatched.” She replied. Around the eggs everyone was so quiet like they didn’t want to disturb the developing hatchlings. Kavarys wasn’t sure it was necessary. She doubted they could hear anything outside the dense shell, but who was she to say they could or couldn’t hear. “Do you know their gender?” He asked coming closer to look at the eggs. He had told her that every mother knew the gender of their hatchlings. Maybe it was because she was a new mom but she had no idea what they would be. “Eh, not yet” she replied “Maybe they aren’t developed enough yet.” She added quickly trying to cover up her ignorance. At that moment she felt like she was holding something unfamiliar. She knew nothing about these eggs other than they were hers and she wouldn’t have even believed that but she was there when she had given birth to them.
“I’m rather tired, do you mind if I get some sleep?” She asked, Kavarys didn’t want to be rude but she felt uncomfortable with her mate’s critical eye scanning her every movement. “Of course, call if you need anything.” He said rushing out of the den. Kavarys watched the eggs for a while longer. She was starting to go stir crazy soon she’d have to get out but she didn’t have anyone to watch the eggs for her. not only was she hardly allowed to move for more than a few moments being alone gave her way to much time to think. She mostly thought about her small family. The clan had been thrilled by her marriage but she was starting to feel like Ibiz had come to her because he wanted the clans trust towards him to return and that the only reason he had come out with her was because this had been the only truly safe place. Kavarys had offered the outpost to him but she had done it because she thought she had felt something between them. At first it was completely friendly for the both of them. After a while though she began to feel like there should be something more than friendship. The next thing she knew they had gone back to the mesa to announce their coming together and all of the sudden she had his children inside her.
And what if those children weren’t accepted by him? She’d heard about males who only wanted male children or wanted their children to be the same species as them. She wanted her babies to grow up with a father, but that wouldn’t stop her from kicking Ibiz out of their life if he turned out to be a prick. She didn’t even think about species or gender or looks she doubted any mother would. She was still staring at her eggs, they looked like they shared the same colors as their father with some of the colors she had but genes were messy and they could turn out to look like anything.