Reaching the room where the eggs were placed, Eva's grip tightened on Ethan's furs. An excited smile spread widely across her lips.
Ethan patted her with his paws to get down, but she hugged him tightly, her face rubbing against his silk fur as Julian opened the door.
Cracks formed on the eggs as they watched in anticipation. Minutes passed, and Eva's smile slowly faded.
With a blank expression, she moved towards the beast coming out from the egg.
She dropped Ethan and shoved the beast back into the egg as if trying to return it to its origin.
''Eva dear, it's too late.'' Julian's tone was filled with pity and schadenfreude at her beast's huge hairless form.
He turned to his beasts—a huge bronze-scaled cobra with an hourglass mark on its hood.
He could feel the connection bonding them together and stretched his hand towards the snake, and the snake brought its head forward, rubbing his cold scale across Julian's hands, a compliant hiss left its mouth.
