Cherish Me, Daddy
the smell of ozone and approaching thunder.
Then, the calm shattered.
Elisen erupted into a piercing, inconsolable cry from his sleep. I rushed over, my heart hammering against my ribs, and hugging him. “Hey, hey… baby, what’s wrong?”
As I hugged him, my breath hitched. I looked down at his face, and my blood turned to ice. His eyes, usually a soft, infant blue, were glowing with a fierce, unnatural intensity.
Gold. Pure, radiant Alpha gold.