Ashia would smell fresh blood from her mate who actually seemed to be in a considerable amount of pain. She hissed as she clung to Ashia and pulled herself up but she couldn’t stay up.<span style="color: #5900b3"> “Just… oh, fuck that… hurts. What the hell did she hit?” </span>Emily collected her daughter and smiled at him.<span style="color: #0080ff">“Sorry I’ve been away so long. I was planning to come back sooner when I had better news to give you but all of my plans fell through. I have eyes and ears all over this house and couldn’t stand to hear her talk to you like that.” </span>She nuzzled her daughter affectionately who cooed and chirped excitedly.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>