She Drove Into the Flooded Habitat for One Lioness, but the Male Lion Was Guarding More Than Her Body

backed up slowly.

“Good,” Hannah said.

She checked Juniper’s airway, listened to her heart, then placed both hands against the swollen belly. At first she felt only the hard, exhausted shape of a body that had been contracting for too long. Then a movement rolled beneath her palm.

One cub. Then another.

Her breath caught.

She shifted her hand lower and continue reading …