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Corran moved over to me and softly touched my back, trying to comfort me. "We promise as soon as we get settled, and can come up with a plan, we will go back for your father," he said meaningfully.

It was funny, but I didn't believe a single word that was coming out of his mouth, even though I think he meant them. Something would always inevitably come up that would make them feel the need to try to keep me safe rather than do what I wanted.

Continuing with my plan, I kissed Corran softly on the cheek. "Thank you. That means so much to me," I told him.

"What's the plan?" I asked. "Where are we going to right now?" I said pretending that I was unaware of anything.

I watched as the guys exchanged wary glances. "We haven't talked very much about what happened back in the lab," Corran began.

“You mean the fact that I'm possibly pregnant with an unknown Vepar embryo?" I asked sarcastically.

He nodded somberly. "As a safeguard, to protect my experiments, I had taken one of the key compounds with me whenever I left the lab. The compound was integral to the success of the viability of both the embryo and the host."

I interrupted him. “Can’t I just start taking it once I find out if I’m even pregnant," I said.

Corran shook his head. “It's too late already. It had to be administered at the time of implantation,” Corran explained seriously.

I let the fear that I'd been trying to block from my mind briefly show through on my face.

Thane stepped forward. "But it will be okay," he said quickly. "Because we've all blood bonded with you, if we just continue to share blood with you, everything will be alright," he said, trying to comfort me.

"I'm sensing a but...," I told him, annoyed at how long it was taking them to get the information out that I already knew.

The guys exchanged another glance. They had been around each other for so long that they could have whole conversations without even saying anything. Or maybe there was a telekinetic aspect to it all that they hadn't bothered telling me about. I wouldn't put it past them.

"Something's wrong with our blood bond," Thane answered reluctantly. "We're on our way to another of the Council’s labs to try and see if they have the fix for it."

“And if they don't have the fix?" I said, trying to calm the hysteria I felt every time I thought about it.

"Then I'll figure it out," Corran said resolutely.

“Right,” I said with a nod knowing how important it was to Corran that I believed him. “I think I'm going to go lay down," I told them. "How long until we get to our destination?" I asked.

Corran looked at some of his controls. "Another three hours I believe," he said.

Veon was a lot bigger than Earth, I thought to myself. It had seemed like we were able to travel extremely long distances within just a few minutes on Earth. I would have to ask Corran how all of that worked. Just not right now.

"You want one of us to go with you?" Derrial asked, even though I could tell that he was itching to get back to his planning.

"I'll be fine," I said with a smile that hopefully looked convincing. Everything depended on me being alone obviously. They all nodded, and I forced myself to kiss them on the cheek before leaving the room.

My next stop was the medical room. I needed to find whatever Corran had used to knock me out the last time we were on one of his ships. I would need at least a little bit of a head start to get out of here, and that would depend on all three of them being out for the count.

I walked along the corridor of the ship as calmly as possible. I knew that there were various cameras all over the ship, I just didn't know where they were located. Hopefully they wouldn't be paying attention to my whereabouts since they had so much to do. I kept myself at a steady pace just in case they were. If they saw me walking naturally, maybe they would think I was just going to grab a headache tablet or more food or something since I wasn't in my bedroom yet.

I got to the medical room and walked in. I felt a wave of desperation as I looked at the rows of silver cabinets. There was no way I was going to be able to tell which of the medicines here worked to knock you out. What if I picked the wrong one and I accidentally killed them?

Something shiny on the counter to my left caught my attention. There were two syringes full of shimmery liquid laid out on a tray. I knew the medicine that Corran had used on me had looked like that. I’d gotten a good look right before he knocked me out. Had they pulled the syringes out just in case they needed me to "cooperate" again.

Just the thought made me even more furious. They were willing to do anything required to get me to do what they wanted; I knew this already.

It wasn’t a far stretch to think that these syringes had most likely been meant for me.

But I still felt like I needed some way to confirm. I wasn't comfortable giving them something when I wasn't positive what it was.

Maybe I could just hit them over the top of the head with a pan, I thought to myself, beginning to giggle a little crazily. Just then voices sounded in the hallway. It was Thane and Derrial, apparently walking to wherever they were monitoring the position of the Council’s forces.

"At least we didn’t have to knock her out again," said Derrial mildly. Thane laughed. The sound of it made me want to kick him in the nuts.


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