"I don't know what to do, Piotr. This isn't the time--when I go back, it's not the time to take someone who can fight out of commission. And I don't know how--I mean...we could get a Genoshan collar."

The idea makes her stomach clench.

But they could.

"Just for the night. It should be enough. But it's just...it's nine months. And I'm scared of losing our baby."

Scared is a dirty word, almost.

But it's a true one, and it's for good reasons.

"And I'm scared," she murmurs, softly, "of not ever meeting our baby. I don't want to throw any chance away."

Kate's thumb rubs against his hand, briefly, before she murmurs, "What do you want to do?"