[visionaryJRD]

"And you are going to do what?" James asked.

Jataya tilted his head down. "Unfortunately, not much. We can't go out and kill her, like we used to, naturally. Not in public, anyway. We can do it if we find her in the woods, but she can kill us as well. There's a rule we usually follow: Don't attack a wounded Drakling. They are much more furious when they know their life is on the line."

James held his heavy belly against himself as Jataya talked. The sensation of sitting there pregnant was so much more than he thought it would be. Sure, he imagined the weight and the size, but now, it was part of him. He couldn't focus completely on what Jataya was saying. "Can you just let her go, perhaps?"