Damien glanced at Irina’s foot and said disappointedly, “Curtis is still alive. I thought he was dead.” Sigh. I got so happy for nothing.

She glared at him. “How can you say that?”

The cubs curled up beneath the blanket cried out, having been woken up by the adults.

Damien’s ears perked up, and his heart throbbed for some unexplainable reason. He glanced at the figures slowly wriggling underneath the blanket and asked, “What’s inside?”

Irina blushed and reached into the blanket to grab the cubs.

“Your cubs. They were born yesterday,” Irina said as she blinked nervously at him.

Damien instantly felt his whole body stiffen, and his left...