Rayne heard Bastian's words, soothing and caring. She detected fright in his voice as well.
Bastian-what if- She choked on her sentence as pain washed into her nerves. What if something goes wrong? I don't want them to- She was forced to stop as her head dropped with the pain.

Fade in, fade out

Rayne lay on her side, watching their three pups. Two were stumbling toward the direction of their father-although her daughter was veering off to the left and the other one, their only son of the three, was surely going to trip over Bastian's tail.
She noticed the other girl, lying off to the side. Rayne frowned, then nudged the pup.
She didn't move.