Roxie's POV
I told Raptor in the command room, with everyone watching.
I had not planned to. I had planned to find a quiet moment, a soft one. But the words came out of me before I could stop them, standing there with my hands still pressed to my belly, my mother's voice still echoing in my ears.
"I'm pregnant," I said. "Six weeks. The night the bond reached seventy. It's yours, Raptor. It's ours."
The room went silent.
Katya let out a soft breath. Vera's hand flew to her mouth. Celeste's eyes went wide. But I was not looking at any of them. I was looking at Raptor, and Raptor had gone completely, terribly still.
He did not speak. He did not move. His golden eyes stared at me from across the room, and his face had become a closed door, a wall, and the longer the silence stretched th
