Logan gets up and stalks to the bedroom, closing the door with a thud.

Robert comes back over and sits down beside Liam. “How long are your suppressants going to last?”

“They’re daily.”

Robert nods. His lips are pursed in a hard line. “You took them this morning?”

Liam can tell by the question that he’s not happy about Liam’s decision.

“I’m pretty close to suicidal without them. If this doesn’t go well… if Daniel isn’t there, if his chamber malfunctioned, if he’s—I don’t even know, if I don’t get my boy, then I will very likely kill myself. And Daniel… he should have a choice. I’m not the man I was when we first met. I’m not in the military anymore, I don’t… I’m not sure I even remember how to be the Dominant I used to be. I didn’t run away with him and I should have. I don’t know that he’ll forgive me for that. And without a bond….” He shrugs, trying to keep from falling apart. “He may want to make a different choice, and I love him enough to endure that.”

“Fucking hell. You said you were bonded. You said trying to bond him to someone else would probably kill him. What the fuck are you talking about?” Robert demands. “Whatever you’re on has you compromised and not thinking clearly. And I get it. I do. I’d die for Logan. But your approach to this is wrong.”

Liam leans forward and thinks he’s going to be sick. He presses his palms to his eyes, choking back the emotion. Is Robert right? What does it mean if he is?

“I don’t even know. I thought he was gone. I dream about him endlessly, and… this is all my fault. If I’d been a better man, I’d have run away with him. He tried to tell me and I didn’t—and now I’m—Daniel is beautiful and I look and feel like a dead man walking. Logan can’t even tell that I’m Dominant. Doesn’t Daniel deserve a choice? If I’m suppressed then he has that.”

“Get off the suppressants,” Robert growls before standing up. He goes to the back of the plane and knocks on the door to the separate room. Neither of them comes back out until the plane lands.

Getting through security at the Montana Stasis Facility, which is approximately one hundred miles outside of Boseman, is surprisingly fast. They’re all microchipped from their time in the military, and the base is expecting them, so they’re led straight through to the metal detectors. They take off belts, give over keys, phones, and wallets, and then a metal door clicks open loudly and they’re led inside.