“Then I don’t want to yell either.”
Relief spreads through me.
He’s still choosing.
Still listening to me.
Lilith’s seeds haven’t taken root.
Not yet.
Midnight.
The breach node pulses.
Morgan stiffens.
“She’s responding.”
The air cools slightly.
Then—
A single word appears across the monitoring screen.
Accepted.
The room goes silent.
Kade’s jaw tightens.
“When?”
Morgan checks.
“Tomorrow night. Western ridge.”
“That’s exactly where Ashcroft regrouped.”
“Yes.”
“It’s a trap.”
“Of course it is.”
I step closer to the screen.
“She agreed.”
“You’re not going,” Kade says immediately.
“I am.”
“No.”
“Yes.”
“You’re pregnant.”
“I’m not helpless.”
“You’re convergence axis.”
“All the more reason I go.”
The argument crackles between us.
Kieran steps between.
“She won’t
