Chapter 20 Kris and Tawni had just reached the center of the camp when one of Korrin’s scouts—she knew it was one of his men by his limber body and his speed—sprinted past them. And then Kris doubled over in pain, feeling something she’d never felt before: contractions. She’d never felt them, but she knew what they were. She was sure of it. Please, not right now. Not right now. Anything but that, please. Tawni gave her a look but didn’t say anything. Instead, she just waved over a few of the men around their part of the camp and ordered them to stick close in case things went bad. And almost immediately, they did. Most of the elderly and younger Shifters had been moved to the center of the camp, protected by a ring of men. They were suddenly surging inward, almost from all sides, and

