Its a boy!!! Wrote more than I planned today, but I had to get that damn baby out, whatever the consequences. “I think we have to cut the baby out,” Kaila said. “Right now, before he does any harm to Leesa or to himself.” Rave looked up, shocked. “Here? We should get her to a hospital. I can get her there in minutes.” Balin laid a hand on Rave’s shoulder. “And what will you tell them? That’s there’s a baby inside encased in a magical shield? Trust Kaila. She’s done this before.” Rave looked from Balin back to Kaila. “You have?” Kaila nodded. “Not often. And not recently. But every now and then a volkaane birth goes awry.” Leesa listened to them talking about her as though in a dense fog, barely comprehending the words. “We don’t even have a knife,” Rave pointed out. “I don’t need one.” Kaila held up her finger. Blue fire flared from her fingertip, sharp and intense, like a laser. “I’ll use my fire. It’s better than a knife. It cauterizes as it cuts.” She let the fire go out. Rave was still not convinced, though his resistance was decreasing. “What about afterward? What about infection? We’re out in the middle of the woods, damn it. We’ve got no bandages, no nothing.” Kaila’s words provided the one thing Leesa needed—hope. She forced herself up out of the depths of her depression. “Let her do it,” she said, her voice barely more than a whisper. “Ralin is the most important thing—the only thing.” She reached her hand up and found Rave’s, squeezing it gently. “It’s going to be all right.” Torn by his love for Leesa and his love for his unborn son, Rave nodded to Kaila. “Go ahead.” Kaila placed her fingertip above the edge of Leesa’s lower abdomen. “This is going to hurt, but it shouldn’t be too bad. The heat will seal the nerve endings almost as soon as it burns them.” Leesa didn’t trust herself to speak. She grit her teeth tightly together and nodded that she was ready. “Rave, hold her shoulders,” Kaila commanded. “Don’t let her move.” Rave grabbed Leesa’s shoulders and held them tight as a sharp point of intense blue flame shot from Kaila’s finger, extending scarcely an inch from the tip. She pressed her finger against Leesa’s skin and began to slowly draw it across the lower part of her swollen belly. The smell of burnt flesh rose into the air, but there was very little blood.
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