It was an instinctive reaction for a baby to open its mouth and suck on its mother's breasts when it was hungry, and this instinctive reaction happened even when the child was still hours or days old when the light of the world was too bright for them.
This was a reaction that was engraved in their very genes.
It was the same way the flight and fight was engraved in the bones of a frightened animal.
When commander Hardstone had felt Carla's approach, that instinctive reaction for flight and fight had been activated.
It was without a doubt that the commander had felt threatened.
It had come as a sudden shock, and if he was not a trained warrior with many years of experience, a safer bet would have been falling on his knees and hugging them tightly waiting for the monstrous beast to mount him and feed as it willed.
