Shade stood in my way. It's not a big deal. My mother did it when she was pregnant with me."
I stepped back until my heel caught on the rug. "I'm not your mother."
Shade crossed his arms and shifted on his heels. "It's not forever. Just until we know it's safe."
"Locking me inside doesn't make it safe."
"It's safer than letting you walk into another bullet."
I moved until we stood eye to eye.
"I will leave if I want to. I won't be trapped here."
He moved in front of the door."You're pregnant."
"I'm not broken."
He started pacing despite the effort to control it. "You almost died today."
"Almost doesn't count."
He grabbed a chair and shoved it into the wall hard enough to splinter into a thousand pieces.
"You're not being reasonable."
"You're not listening."
I stalked toward t
