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Everyone streamed back into the tent. "The plan kicks off at 10 p.m. tonight," Ky announced as he sat beside me and draped his arm around my shoulders possessively.

"I'm going," I blurted out, more to convince myself than them.

Knox spun on me. "What? Hell no, Sky. As much as I don't want to leave you here, you going with us is worse. Way worse."

"I'm not staying with him out there. It's my dad doing this. I'm the reason Kael's out there... I'm going," I shot back.

Tears threatened to spill over, the pregnancy hormones swirling into a storm inside me. My chest tightened, breaths becoming shallow as panic and determination clashed.

"You can't seriously consider this," Knox started, "It's too risky."

"And what if you get caught? What then, Sky? That asshole has made it pretty clear he has no regard for your safety, so what will he do?" Ky added, pacing a short, tight circle before me.

"This isn't about risk," I countered. "It's about doing what's right. It's my dad, Kyran. I can't just