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the playground. And, speaking of children, I’d finally asked about Walker young.
    There were none at this gathering. Brace said their rare offspring were protected and would never be involved in mass Walker events. I had a strange longing to see the power, majesty and beauty of Walker children. Something told me they would be mesmerizing.
    The last six days of the gathering had been a power play amongst the clans. It was so frustrating . Everyone knew that the older clan members held more information than could ever be recorded. And if we could get them to stop hoarding their thoughts we might have some clues to defeating the Seventine. Easier said than done. I was starting to worry that the entire gathering was a fruitless endeavor.
    Right at that moment I was hiding away in the trees by the lake. Some of the very old Doreen members were scattered close by, but unlike their newer models, they mostly left me alone. I was sitting in the forest worrying about everything. The clans, the Seventine and lastly Lucy.
    Something was going on with her ; she was keeping a secret from me, which was very unlike her. I was worried that it might have something to do with Colton. He’d been sniffing around my best friend like the wolf he was, and I was contemplating a way to neuter him.
    I’ll be finished soon, Red. Then I’m coming for you.
    I shivered as the deep tones of my mate brushed across my mind. It had been a long six days for Brace also. His father’s death had left his Walker clan, Abernath, in a state of disarray. Brace was now on the verge of becoming Abernath’s next Princep, and I wasn’t sure how I felt about this. He wasn’t even the ruler yet and I’d barely seen him over the past week. I missed him.
    Promises, promises , I teased him. What if you can’t find me?
    He laughed.
    You’re in a moonstale dome that you can’t escape . I don’t think that will be a problem.
    The Walker gathering was scheduled to last for seven days and in that time no one could leave this area. It had made for some interesting fights and challenges, but so far nothing too major had happened. But that might all change tonight. This was the final meeting and all the Princeps had agreed to reveal their collected information about the Seventine. So far they had been less than forthcoming, no one wanting to just give their knowledge away for free.
    I was hoping that we would discover something which could be used to swing the battle-of-the-star-systems in our favor. Right now we had too little time and information and we were running against the clock. I had to finish gathering the seven half-Walker girls before the Seventine were all released. Right now I had Talina from Spurn and Fury from Crais. And tomorrow I was off to Regali, the planet of the beasts. Meanwhile the three freed Seventine were around severing tethers and exploding Walkers. Luckily for us, we hadn’t seen any evidence that the third had stuck around after killing Que.
    “Abbs, I need to tell you something.”
    I spun around at the sound of my best friend’s somber tone. One look at her face had panic zooming through my veins. I’d known she was keeping something from me but this was bad, really bad.
    “Oh , my god, Luce, what the hell happened?”
    She opened her mouth but I kind of lost my mind as the worst case scenario I could imagine jumped into my thoughts. Damn Colton.
    “You’re pregnant, aren’t you? Shit. I’m going to kill that mangy flea bag.”
    I knew what I was saying was crazy , but I couldn’t stop myself turning away and marching into the Doreens’ area. The horror spreading across Lucy’s face only increased my panic.
    “Colton ,” I bellowed as I strode from the forest and into Doreen. He was somewhere with Brace. “Get your hairy butt out here.”
    “Abby!” Lucy was at my side. “What the crap are you doing? I’m not pregn –”
    “Are you looking for me?” Colton strolled over, his perfect face relaxed.
    “You have some