The couple scrambled in chaos, grabbing their pre-packed luggage, rushing out the front door, and speeding off toward the international airport in a sedan. Thanks to Henry's new high-ranking status as a Regional Police General, they bypassed the massive TSA lines entirely, escorted straight through a private VIP terminal. They boarded their luxurious, private first-class cabin just minutes before the jet lifted off the tarmac. For the entire flight, Clara couldn't stop talking. She leaned over her wide leather seat, her eyes sparkling like a little kid in a candy store as she gestured wildly with her hands. "—and then, Henry, I am not even kidding you, I looked up at the sky and saw a REAL, massive dragon flying through the clouds!" Clara giggled excitedly. "It was giant! Its scales were glowing like rubies!" Henry chuckled softly, leaning over to kiss her forehead, utterly captivated by her radiant energy. "Alright, alright, I believe you! You definitely have to take me there

"I... I don't know..." Clara wheezed, clutching her stomach as cold sweat beaded on her forehead. "I feel... so lightheaded..."Without wasting a single second, the driver helped her up, called for the golden escort convoy, and rushed her straight to the private wing of the city's top medical center.Within twenty minutes, Henry's armored SUV screeched to a violent halt outside the emergency entrance. Henry didn't even wait for his guards to open the door. He threw it open himself and sprinted through the sliding glass doors like a madman, his General's cap nearly falling off his head, his face pale with sheer terror."WHERE IS MY WIFE?!" Henry roared at the central nurses' station, his voice echoing across the pristine white marble lobby. "WHERE IS CLARA LANCASTER?!""S-Sir! General!" a head nurse stammered, pointing frantically down the VIP corridor. "Ward 402! She’s in Ward 402!"Henry didn't listen to the rest. He kicked open the double doors of the corridor and stormed into Ward

"Henry..." Clara panted heavily, looking up at him through tears of pain, her eyes filled with deep understanding. "Go... do your duty. Protect the city...""I can't leave you, Clara!" Henry pleaded, tears streaming down his face as he held her hand. "Not right now!""Go..." Clara squeezed his hand with incredible force as another contraction hit. "Just promise me... you'll come right back to carry your child."Henry swallowed hard, his throat tight, his heart tearing into a million pieces. He leaned down, kissed her forehead with fierce, desperate devotion, and looked into her eyes. "I promise you, Clara. I will be back before you even finish pushing. I love you.""I love you too," Clara sobbed as the nurses pushed her through the double doors into the delivery room.Henry watched the doors swing shut. He wiped his tears, pulled his General's cap tight over his head, his eyes turning cold as ice. He turned on his heel and strode out of the hospital toward his armored vehicle.Inside

The agonizing grief weeping through her blood began to shift. The crushing sadness cold in her veins suddenly twisted, darkening, burning into a scorching rage. Her wailing stopped. The tears freezing on her cheeks dried instantly. Clara slowly pushed herself up off the floor. Her movements were no longer weak like a woman who had just given birth minutes ago. They were rigid, terrifying, and precise. She raised her head, her eyes completely devoid of warmth. They burned with a cold, terrifying, pitch-black fury. "Who..." Clara spoke, her voice unnaturally deep, vibrating with a terrifying tremor that made the glass windows of the hospital room rattle. "...who killed my husband?" The Deputy Commander blinked, stunned by the sudden, terrifying shift in her aura. "M-Ma'am... the police force is handling it. The remaining members of the cartel gang fled the vault and are currently cornered in an abandoned industrial warehouse on the east docks. Our SWAT units are currently in a hea

"It doesn't matter," Clara whispered, stepping over the shattered metal on the ground. "I am going to kill every single one of you."She stormed toward the lieutenant. The man was literally wetting his pants, paralyzed by the sight of a human possessing godlike, unstoppable power. He cowered against a steel pillar, his hands raised, shaking so violently he could barely speak.The police officers outside began to inch closer to the entrance, their weapons raised, their voices shouting frantically through the broken doorway. "Ma'am! Stand down! Put him down right now! Let the law handle this!"Clara ignored them completely. She reached out, her fingers wrapping around the lieutenant's throat, and lifted his heavy, armored body into the air with just one hand."P-please..." the lieutenant choked out, tears mixing with sweat on his bruised face. "Please... spare me... I have a family...""Did you spare my husband?" Clara asked softly, her crimson eyes staring deep into his soul. "Did you