Cynetic Wolf

Dream Team

We fell asleep in each other’s arms, talking late into the night about the baby, the future, our life together. It was the scariest, happiest moment of my life. I was so ecstatic, I missed the obvious question...

You’re going to be a dad, Raek. Over and over, that permeated my dreams in a cloud of contentment. But my last dream—the most vivid of all—was dark and mysterious, a storm beyond the horizon. It was coming.

I awoke with a start as my last sleep cycle ended. The room was empty. Zedda? Where was she? And why was my pulse pounding? Maybe she’d gotten hungry, or something happened. There was a message: Emergency Meeting. I hurried off.

The enhancers had proposed an alliance to discuss collaboration. Our goals were aligned and it was more or less what we’d expected. We’d meet for lunch to talk details.

Lars was worried for some reason. “Something doesn’t feel right. My gut says something’s off.”

“If we were going to get anywhere,” I said, “there has to be trust and compromise on all sides. Are we too afraid to make the first move?”

No one had a good response, and we agreed to see what they had to say.

What could it hurt?