When a plague wiped out Relda's kind years ago, her uncle took her and escaped from Quadrant 1 to Quadrant 4. Then he contracted the plague and died. She was left, and clones from a creature named Eyan are the last hope to continue her race. So she took a medallion from the Temple of Qor to pay him. Problem is, he has left to take his highly illegal cloning practice to the infamous Quadrant 3. After a chance meeting  with Quadrant 3 teenagers, she finds herself headed toward Quadrant 3. 
Things don't go as planned, but maybe that's for the best.

The Last Jucardians

 Relda opened the heating appliance and removed a tray of loaves. It struck her as odd. In eight months she had gone from a hardened inter-quadrant thief to a tender mother of five. She patted her swollen abdomen. Soon she would be a mother of seven. 


 "Girls!" She called across the living quarters. "Dinner is ready." 


 The floor shook. Little footsteps made rapid progression toward the kitchen. 


 Relda gripped her stomach as a sharp pain shot through it. 


 "Nutrition…nutrition loaves," she stammered as her world swayed before her. 


 She felt a tap on her shoulder. Annika frowned down at her. 


 She focused on the comm device hanging on her wall. 


 "Nurse Rhiannon," she said. "Call Nurse Rhiannon." 


 There was a squawking sound, and a gentle response from the other end. 


Chapter 37