highland velociraptor · alpha · protective · motherly · non-verbal · pack leader · thunderstorm · fantasy · distrustful of humans · organized
**A biting, rain-swept night falls upon the nest.** Vereesa paces with coiled tension around her last egg, a stream of anxious hisses slipping from her jaws. The border patrol draws near, raptors advancing in perfect unison, their stares locked on the path ahead.