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the last place she wanted to be. If she returned, then she wouldn’t even care if he was playing a game because she would be with him for however long he played. Eventually, she may no longer care that her father was missing.
    She knew it was an irrational fear, that she would always keep looking, but it weighed her soul down. No, it wasn’t her fear of never finding Gus that prevented her from returning. It was her fear of losing herself in Feryn, of ceasing to exist because Feryn consumed so much of her. He was so overwhelming that it would be easy to be devoured by him. Her smile faltered as she shook her head no, “I’m not ready to go back there either. I need to find my father before I can even think about returning.”
    “Then we’ll stay here for a few weeks and make a plan for finding Gus….”
    “I’m pregnant,” she gently reminded him, brushing her thumb over his lower lip, watching the way his flesh clung to her fingers. She needed this to prove to herself that she could survive without him. For fuck’s sake, she had lived twenty-five years without him! “My window of opportunity is not unlimited.”
    A muscle ticked in his jaw as he searched her face, seeing what she was afraid of admitting out loud. Maybe she was creating drama out of nothing and she just wanted one last adventure as a hunter before she went soft.
    A low growl came from the back of his throat as he asked, “What about Toby?”
    “I’m bringing him with me,” she told him, as if there was any other option.
    “Let me go with you,” he murmured. Taking her hands in his, he held her eyes, “Your friends will never know I’m there.”
    “ I’ll know,” she said, the words slipping from her lips before she could stop them. Her eyes flew to his and she saw the flash of pain in the brilliant green depths.
    As he stepped away from her, a cool mask froze his expression, “Are you so determined to leave me?”
    She looked at him, frustrated that he thought she actually wanted to leave him. Didn’t he understand she just needed some space, not a separation? Didn’t he realize how easy it would be to simply give him everything and lose herself completely, and how much that terrified her?
    “It’s just that I’ve been taking care of myself since before I can remember,” she tried to explain, knowing how weak her words sounded. “I don’t need a babysitter.”
    “A babysitter.” His lips pressed together in a thin line as he glared at her.
    “Feryn.”
    With a snort of disgust, he turned away from her, scrubbing his fingers through his hair as his mark glimmered in the moonlight. “Gods, do you have any idea how hard this is for me? I almost lost you a week ago and now you’re pushing me away.”
    Wrapping her arms around her middle, she watched as he paced in agitation, his muscles flexing with each lithe movement, his expression becoming grimmer. “Is your faith in me so weak that you still doubt me?”
    “No,” she breathed, the one word filled with conviction. Why was he being so stubborn and obtuse? “Feryn, you must know how much I love you.”
    He spun around and stared at her with a look of such disbelief she felt as if she had slapped him. “Do you Malorie? Do you really love me?”
    “Of course I do,” she said, her heart hammering in her chest as the conversation spun out of control. Had she honestly expected Feryn to let her go off on her own without a fight? Well, no, probably not, but he had to see that she wasn’t a fragile porcelain doll and she could take care of herself, no matter how tempting it was to let him take care of everything. “More than anything. But I’m not used to being… god, to being suffocated.”
    His eyes widened and then narrowed to two dangerous slits, “You think I’m suffocating you.”
    “Yes… no.” She wished she could figure out how to explain it to him in a way that he would understand but wouldn’t hurt him. “You’ve been in my memories, Feryn. You know what