KAEL
The panic in the room wasn’t loud, but it pressed in from every side. It crept along the walls and sat heavy in the air. I could feel it clearly. I didn’t mirror it. I stayed still and lifted one eyebrow at the man facing me.
“You gave your pregnant mate a flare gun?”
Torin let out a slow breath, like this was not the first time this had come up. “I keep taking them away from her. She keeps finding new ones. I still don’t know who keeps supplying her. And, love, let’s not kill the guests Lunessa just dragged in. You’ve been upset that she never visits.”
“I don’t like him,” Elara said. Her palm moved over her belly in a slow, absent motion. Protective. Grounding.
“Neither do I,” Aria Blackwood said from behind me. Her voice stayed calm, but there was strain beneath it. “But since
