Titan leans against the counter. “What’s going on?”
“Nothing,” I mutter.
“Bonnie wants to go out,” Ash says. “Alone. With a bounty on her head and enemies looking for her.”
“I didn’t say I wanted to go out. I said I wanted space.”
“Same thing.”
“It’s not the same thing!”
Ghost moves closer. “Hey. Everyone, calm down.”
“I am calm,” I snap.
“You’re yelling,” Titan points out.
“Because nobody listens when I talk normally!”
Silence falls over the kitchen. All three of them stare at me.
I take a breath. Another. Try to get my temper under control.
“I just need some room,” I say quietly. “That’s all. You’re all hovering and smothering me, and I can’t think straight.”
“We’re keeping you safe,” Ash says.
“You’re suffocating me.”
His expression hardens. “If that’s what it takes to keep you alive, then fine. I’ll suffocate you.”
“That’s not what she means,” Ghost cuts in.
“Then what does she mean?”
“She means we’re being too much. All of us.” Ghost looks at me. “Right?”
I nod.
Titan crosses his arms. “So what do you want us to do? Back off? Pretend there’s not a war happening? Pretend Marcus isn’t trying to take you?”
“I want you to stop treating me like I’m so delicate.”
“You’re pregnant,” Ash says flatly.
“I’m aware.”
“Then act like it.”
The words hit like a slap.
I stare at him. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
“It means you’re carrying a baby. Our baby. And you’re acting like it doesn’t matter. Like you can just do whatever you want without consequences.”
“I haven’t done anything!”
“You want to.”
