Stupid? Yes. I knew it. Deep down, I knew that wasn’t going to happen. But even deeper, where my heart and soul hid inside a little iron coffin, I still hoped.
Damn it.
“Where is he? The ship, I mean.” I asked Warden Egara, but she shrugged.
“I don’t know. His location wasn’t in the Coalition’s system. Must be on a covert op.”
Well, that was freaking fantastic.
Didn’t matter. Max and Kovo had already assured me—once I lied and told them the babies were the result of a one-night-stand with a human loser I never wanted to see again—that anything the babies or I needed would be provided—without exception. Both warlords were rich as Midas, so I wasn’t worried about money. I wasn’t too proud to take what they offered. For myself? No. I had managed on my own. But for my children?
I’d grown
