She looked at Auraka and Auraka stared back, her mouth forming words.
Are you a vampire? she seemed to be asking, so he nodded, watching as her face filled with relief.
"Good..." her words slightly clearer then before and appearing though the cloud of worry "I don't have time to operation properly, you'll need to cut her yourself."
His eyes grew wider with horror. How could she even suggest such a thing?
"No, Auraka you have to," she whispered, knowing just what he was thinking and feeling the same way, but it was the only way to help Gem "we'll loose her any other way."
She kept her tone quiet, not wanting to scare her. But now with the drugs in her system, she should calm down a bit, not that Sahar blamed her.
Auraka hesitated and Sahar slapped him, a first for the non-violent woman.
"Do you want her and your children or not!" she cried, and before he could even mutter a word she ploughed onwards "then do this! I trust you and I know she bloody does!"
Auraka gasped, surprised by her actions but knew that if he wanted to help her, he would have to harm her.
"O..Okay," he said in a shaky voice, looking for direction.
Taking a deep breath, Sahar explain where he needed to cut.
"Gently, you don't want to harm the babies....."
***
An hour passed. And then another. The easy labour Sahar had first thought was gone from her mind, but finally all three children where out safe and Sahar only had eyes for Gem. Her best friend, ruler and sister in law.
They were losing her, but Auraka was still in control. Which Sahar found somewhat amazing. She remembered something Drannor had first done to her and knew it would be the only way to save Gem.
"You have to give her your blood," Sahar told him, resting a hand on her shoulder "cut your wrist and rest it on her mouth and make sure she swallows a few mouthfuls. If that doesn't work, I'm so sorry..."
Auraka nodded, used to taking orders from his younger sibling now,. But he was so worried about Gem, he didn't care what he did.
Following Sahar's orders, he pulled his wrist away and waited, listening to Sahar dealing with the newborn babes.