The sound of a door closing echoed in the space. Max was alone. "Bella?" he whispered. When she didn't answer, he dropped his head to the pillow and stared at the exposed pipes on the ceiling.

He had no idea how long he'd been asleep when Bella woke him.

"Max?" She sounded terrified. "Max!"

"I'm here, baby." He tested the restraints. Still strapped in. "Keep your voice down, or they'll come back."

"They?" Her voice quivered. "Max, where are we?"

He studied the concrete ceiling and exposed ventilation system. "A warehouse, apparently. We've been arrested by the Movement."

There was a pause in which Max heard her release a long, slow breath. When she spoke, she sounded much calmer. "Thank God."

He hated to get her worked up again, but he'd never coddled her before and he wouldn't start now. "Don't be thanking him yet. They know about the baby."

She paused again. "Oh?"

"Yeah, and I think they know where it came from." He craned his head to look for any sign of recording devices. Though he didn't see any, he wasn't sure they were a hundred percent in the clear. "Though I'm not entirely certain, myself."

She sniffled. Damn it, he'd made her cry.

"Don't do that. I'm sorry." When she didn't let up, he said, as brightly as he could manage, "Hey, they showed me an ultrasound of it."

"It survived?" The hope in her voice was tremulous. She was holding back, in case he answered in the, negative.

He kept his voice intentionally light. "Oh, yeah, everything is fine. Looks like a shrimp, but seems fine." She laughed tearfully. "Thank you, Max."

"I'm the last person you need to be thanking." He closed his eyes, resisting the urge to bang his head against the bed rails. It was his fault they were here. If he'd just calmed down, slowed down…

They'd probably have been captured by the Oracle. Brilliant.

"How did they find us?" Bella had dredged up her business voice. "No one knew we were there."

"I don't know. I suppose they'll tell us, once they figure out we're not working for the Oracle." He thought about pressing the button to call someone in so he could demand some answers.

As if reading his mind, Bella protested. "No. Let them come to us in their own time. I want to be with you right now. Even if we cannot see each other."

A reluctant smile tugged at his lips. "You know, I've always wanted to try bondage. I guess it works better when one person is untied."

"I would prefer that person to be me." She laughed, and when it died away, turned serious again. "Do you think they will harm the baby?"

"I think if they try, I'll be busting some heads." He said it extra loud, so if their captors were listening, they'd hear. Then, more quietly, only for Bella's cars, he added, "You know I won't let that happen."