Chapter 100: Diogo

"She's going to be okay, baby."

I hold Taran on my lap, her face pressed against my shoulder as I cover us. We're on our way back to the Tower. I'm worried about Taran and the baby. She hasn't said a word since our visit to the control room. I shouldn't have let her go, but I'd had no idea what was coming. I thought perhaps her sister was calling in. Had changed her mind about breaking from her Warlord and was requesting Sanctuary with us.

Instead, we'd heard the pathetic, terrified and dying voices of almost every Sanctuary East of us. Still, Taran doesn't speak but the slow steady shake of her shoulders and the growing wet spot on the front of my jacket tells me she's crying.

"Hush, baby, you're breaking my heart," I murmur, holding her tight against me.