Theron could not stand that close to her anymore, so he stepped back.
Killed, she says…? She was taking responsibility too…?
Slowly, everything began to fall into place. The Aurelion lattice that he had set off to find her… that had killed the monsters.
So who was this creature's mother?
His eyes dropped to the thing beside her.
This… was a baby?
He had seen creatures of all shapes and sizes before, but this one did not look like the others they had captured. And then…
Wait.
"How do you know his mother?" Theron asked, the question leaving him with visible confusion. None of it made sense.
"The cage was open that night, and I brought Helena out because she was in labor. Then—"
"Wait." Theron raised a hand to stop her, taking another step back as he tried to piece it together. "Helena?" he repeated.
"Hamilton's mother. The creature in that cage."
Theron's eyes widened. "You knew it was a female?"
