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“Hey.” Cullen looked very serious.

“What’s happened?”

“Hawk just got back from a meeting with Gavin. Arian visited him.”

Orion raised a finger. “Sorry, who is Arian?”

“A friend of my mother’s. A fae woman. She has long been a go-between for one of the dragon clutches and the lands beyond the human ones.”

He tilted his head. “So she can move between all the worlds?”

“Yes.” Hawk waved a hand. “She came to ask for help. Her nephew stepped out into the human world to do a job for the fae court, and he was taken.”

“Taken how?” Corbin blurted out.

“Kidnapped.” Hawk’s expression had gone very grave. “They think it’s vamphyr.”

“Shit.” Cullen put a hand on his belly. “Where?”

“He was in the Pacific Northwest. Not too far from where Gavin’s house used to be.”

“So the boss wants us to go look?” Cullen asked.

“Oh, no. Not you or Cosmo either one,” Orion snapped.

“One, it’s my job. I have to go. Two, Corbin can’t go out there by himself.”

Corbin blinked at his brother. “Of course I can. I am entirely capable.”

“You’re green.Green.” Cullen shook his head, worry pouring off him in waves. “I can hold it together until?—”

Orion shook his head. “No, no. You are having a baby. You’re having our baby. You cannot go. I’m sorry, but no.”

Cosmo came down, holding the baby. “Well, I can go if you need me to. Someone has to watch the children though.”

“You aren’t going,” Hawk growled. “You have a new baby.”

“So do you!” Cosmo shot back.

“Guys, brothers. I’m the one who keeps everyone from looking at us like we’re insane and need to be dissected. You’re pink, you’re green, I’m purple.” And getting more so every second.

“You’re pregnant.” And Orion simply wasn’t going to listen to this anymore. He was not going to put up with this nonsense. His pregnant omega was not going to go out to wherever and save someone from vampires. No.

“I’m fully aware that I’m pregnant. I’m not broken.” Cullen stared at them.I’m not. I’m not broken. I can help. These are my brothers.

I know, love, but this is our baby. Our little girl, our butterfly.

Cosmo suddenly sat on the floor with a thump, and the baby began to cry. He stared out into the room, his eyes beginning to glow.

Corbin rolled his eyes. “Really. Right now?”

“Apparently.” Cullen stood and grabbed the baby before even Hawk could get to her, holding tight.

Cosmo began to rock back and forth. “You can’t go. We can’t go. We can’t go. But we have to go. If they infect the fae. If they infect us, the disease will spread like wildfire. It will get all of us, all of us with even a drop. Kill him. Did they change him? They infect him. All of us. Every one of us. You have to go and save him.”

“See, I told you.” Cullen shrugged. “We have to go and?—”

About the time that Orion was about to scream, Cosmo stared right at him. “You have to save him. And bring him back here. As fast as you can. As fast as you can. Very little time.”