The Comments Told Me To Run, He Wouldn’t Let Me

The starship burned back at full speed. The second we touched down on Capitol Prime, I was rushed to the

Alden pulled up his holo terminal and opened a wall of classified files. Lab records. Pages and pages of them.

I flinched backward, both hands clamping over my belly. “Stay back!” “Please, don’t feed me to the sharks!” Alden froze

That afternoon, the diner’s big screen was running Empire news. An award ceremony at the first mech base. Alden appeared

I ran to Blackstar Port in the lower district. Every credit of my allowance went to an illegal ticket. A

I knew I was pregnant. Rabbit shifters know early. Our bodies just know. I ran home. The test strip changed

I’d always been the quiet type. When my mom was alive, I’d still cry and throw tantrums whenever I got

I sat in Alden’s arms, listening to every word he and Tessa said. Each one landed like a stone in

Here’s what I’d forgotten. All these years, the dependency had gone both ways between Alden and me. Aquatic shifters just

Alden was four years older than me. He was a genius. I was an idiot. After I turned four, I