One moment, I am breathing through another wave of the resonator’s poison, the next my entire body seizes as white-hot agony rips through the mate bond. I cry out, doubling forward in the command tent, both hands flying to my belly.
“Sienna!” Kali’s voice cuts through the haze.
The pup thrashes violently inside me, his spark flaring so brightly I can almost see it behind my eyelids. I feel the observatory collapsing through the bond, stone and metal screaming, fire roaring, and Kieran in the center of it all.
Kieran! I scream down the connection.
His reply is a snarl of pure fury and pain. Stay back! I’m coming…
Another explosion tears through the bond. I gasp, knees buckling. Rowena catches me before I hit the ground, her strong arms wrapping around my shoulders.
“Hold on, child,” s
