Rain and his Hachti warriors have been given the greatest gift of all. They're going to have a baby. But the challenge of impending parenthood is the least of their concerns.
The four clans of Hachtera have finally come together to decide their fate. A space pirate with a grudge is after them. And on top of it all, the future of an entire race weighs on Rain's shoulder, and shadows his future.
Rain isn't asking for much. He just wants to be left alone, to enjoy -- or at the very least, survive -- his pregnancy. He wants to hold his son in his arms and curl with his mates in their warm bed. But if he's ever going to have all that, if he will ever safeguard his true home and his family, he and his mates will have to fight for it -- and the most difficult of battles are yet to come.