She took the entire ten minutes. She showered and brushed her teeth and had a few minutes to try to put together what Caleb must have done. “I’m ready,” she said as she came back into the bedroom. “Tell me everything he’s done.” She sat down on the easy chair. “Though I think I probably have it figured out. He’s not hurt or dead or he wouldn’t have sent you to hold my hand.”

“God, no.” His gaze was searching her face. “Are you all right? I heard you—”

“Throw up,” she finished for him. “I’m pregnant. It happens.”

“Not when it’s my fault. Not to me. I’m the one who made you do it.”

“It was most definitely not your fault. If we’re assigning blame, it was the fault of Caleb who is in Kilgoray at the moment.” She gave him a tight smile. “On several different levels. And also my fault, but I won’t take the blame for sending him alone to Kilgoray. That was his own idea. I would have gone with him to help. I’m sure Palik and MI6 would have, too.”

“He knew you were worried about Campbell. He’s used to extracting prisoners and diplomats and decided it would be safer if he did it alone. Neither Palik nor MI6 would have argued with him. They would have trusted his judgment.”

“Because he’s the Hunter,” she said bitterly. “That doesn’t mean that he can’t be killed. Is there anything I can do? If he’s not quite alone, I assume Palik is with him. Will you take me to Kilgoray so that I can see Palik? He might listen to me.”

He shook his head. “It’s too late. It’s been hours since Caleb arrived at Kilgoray. Even if you could manage to involve yourself in the action, you’d endanger him.” He paused. “And maybe yourself. You wouldn’t want to do that.”

“No.” She felt that terrible sensation of helplessness. Not only couldn’t she help save Caleb, she might kill her baby if she tried. “How long before we know if he’s successfully extracted Campbell from those sons of bitches?”

He gave a half shrug. “Caleb told me he’d tell Palik to let us know as soon as Campbell’s safe.” He added, “You know that if anyone can pull this off, it’s Caleb. And he doesn’t make mistakes, Jane. No one would know that better than me.”

“I realize you’re his biggest fan. But accidents can happen. And we don’t know that this wasn’t a trap.”

He didn’t speak for a moment. “He’d take that in consideration. He’d just work to get around it.”

Rodland had hesitated too long, she realized. “Dammit, he told you that he thought that he could be walking into a trap, didn’t he?”