Annalisa was swimming in unconsciousness. The world was dark for few moments before she heard bits and pieces of what was going on away from her body. Her eyelids were a little too heavy to open, at the moment, but she could still hear. She heard a familiar voice… Owen? What was he doing there? What was going on? After hearing his voice, she felt her body being lifted from the hard ground, followed by a sudden sharp pain radiating from her shoulder. An incomprehensible sound of discomfort escaped her lips.
As she was being carried to something, she started to drift slowly back into complete consciousness. Anna heard Owen mentioned Cleo and her eyes fluttered lightly before opening completely. She tried to sit up, to see around the man, because her dinosaur daughter needed her. But she couldn’t see anything and the act of trying to sit up sent an even bigger pain to her shoulder, which she verbally complained with a groan. “Is she okay?” The woman didn’t care about herself right now. Her arm could be falling off and she didn’t care, not if her Spinosaurus was hurt.
Hearing Owen ask what happened made her look up at him, her brilliant ocean blue eyes locking with his. The pain and the concern for Cleo blocked her memory for a moment. After remembering, she blinked a few times before speaking. “The inspector. He was going to check the paddock today. B-but he was early and didn’t tell me. So he let himself in, under the impression that Cleo had already been put away. But I was waiting on her… on her flank. She likes treats… they make her more cooperative… And someone uninvited was there… Cleo was angry… she’s territorial. I heard her roar and saw her ready to charge… They tried to stun her… Really pissed her off… Then she-” The pain grew stronger and then the darkness took over again.
