Pregnant And Rejected Mate
He held it out, and Kael took it with hands that had gone unsteady, breaking the seal fast, his eyes scanning the words with an intensity that made my whole body go rigid in anticipation.
"What does it say," I said, my voice thin.
Kael's face had drained of color by the time he looked up.
"It confirms the mark," he said. "It says the beacon is active. That whoever's meant to receive its signal already knows, right now, tonight, exactly where we are."
The cottage fell into a silence heavier than anything that had come before it. I looked down at Lena, at that small, fading pattern still visible along the crook of her elbow, and felt something cold and absolute settle into my chest.