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"They're... they're still at the compound," he managed, his voice barely a whisper. "The song—Seraphina's song—it took them. One by one. They collapsed. Their eyes went white. I couldn't—I tried to wake them, but I couldn't. And then Doomdoer came with his guards, and I had to make a choice. I had to get the captives out. I had to—""You left them?" Julia's voice cracked, her hands falling from his shoulders.Julia's hands fell from Gerald's shoulders as if he'd burned her. She stumbled back, her face a mask of disbelief and horror."You left them?" Her voice cracked, rising in pitch. "You left my children there? Unconscious? Vulnerable? How could you?"Gerald opened his mouth to respond, but no words came. What could he possibly say? There was no excuse that would ease the pain in Julia's eyes."How could you, Gerald?" Julia repeated, her voice now a raw, ragged scream. "They trusted you! They believed in you! Chance called you his brother! Christopher trusted you with his life! And
Chapter 706
The compound's sub-basement was a labyrinth of rusted pipes and crumbling concrete. Gerald moved through the darkness, his phone's flashlight casting a weak, wavering beam. The air was thick with moisture and the smell of decay—the kind of place where hope went to die.But he didn't stop. He couldn't stop.The footsteps behind him had faded, but he knew Doomdoer's guards wouldn't give up the chase. He had minutes, maybe less, before they found him again. He pushed forward, following the path Christopher had earlier talked about as a possible escape route.And then he heard it—a faint whisper of sound, barely audible over the hum of ancient machinery. A voice. A woman's voice, weak and trembling."Please... is someone there?"Gerald's heart lurched. "Brenda?"He rounded a corner and found them—huddled in a narrow alcove, their wrists bound with zip ties, their faces pale and streaked with tears. Brenda sat in the center, her arms wrapped protectively around Vinita. Vinita's mother, Mar
Chapter 705
The words hit Miranda like a physical blow. Hemorrhaging. Her mind raced through the implications, each one more terrifying than the last. She grabbed the back of a plastic chair to steady herself, her knuckles white.Another nurse rushed past, her arms full of supplies. Then another. The doors swung open and shut, open and shut, each time revealing a glimpse of the chaos inside—bright lights, gloved hands, the frantic beeping of monitors.Miranda sank into the chair, her legs no longer able to hold her. She clutched her phone against her chest, her eyes fixed on the OR doors, watching the silhouettes of the medical team moving with desperate urgency."Please," she whispered. "Please let her be okay."***Back at the O' Connor estate, Janelle lay awake in her room. The moonlight cast silver patterns across the ceiling, but unlike the peaceful night before, sleep refused to come.She'd been restless all evening. A strange, gnawing feeling had settled in her chest—a sense that something
Chapter 704
The fluorescent lights of the hospital maternity ward hummed softly, a sterile counterpoint to the chaos unfolding in room 304. Ava lay in the hospital bed, her face slick with sweat, her dark hair plastered to her forehead. Each contraction rolled through her like a wave of fire, and she gripped Miranda's hand so tightly that her knuckles had gone white."You're doing amazing, Ava," Miranda said, her voice steady despite the fear coiling in her chest. She held a cup of ice chips to Ava's lips, letting the cold melt against her tongue. "Just breathe. In through your nose, out through your mouth. You've got this."Ava nodded weakly, her breath coming in ragged gasps. "Where's Gerald? Has he called? Has he—""Not yet," Miranda said gently, her heart aching at the desperation in Ava's voice. "But he will. He promised. He's on his way."Ava's eyes squeezed shut as another contraction gripped her, her body arching off the bed. The monitors beside her beeped and chirped, tracking her vitals
Chapter 703
The guards moved as one, a coordinated wave of black-clad figures surging toward Gerald. Their boots echoed against the concrete floor, a drumbeat of impending violence. Gerald's heart hammered, but his training took over—muscle memory, instinct, the countless hours of CSSA drills that had been drilled into him until they became second nature.He didn't think. Instead, he acted.His weapon came up, and he fired—not at the guards, but at the fluorescent light fixture directly above their heads. The bulb shattered in a shower of sparks and glass, plunging the corridor into flickering darkness. The guards stumbled, disoriented, their night vision compromised by the sudden change in lighting.In that split second of chaos, Gerald moved.He lunged forward, not toward the decoys, not toward the exit, but directly at Seraphina. She was still recovering from the flash, her serene smile replaced by a look of genuine surprise. Gerald's arm hooked around her waist, and he spun her around, using
Chapter 702
"Wilfreda!"Her body crumpled like a puppet with its strings cut. Chance caught her before she hit the concrete, lowering her to the ground with desperate gentleness. Her eyes were open but unseeing—completely white, the irises and pupils swallowed by some milky void."What the hell just happened?" Christopher demanded, dropping to his knees beside them.Gerald rushed over, his CSSA training kicking in as he pressed two fingers to Wilfreda's neck. "Pulse is rapid but strong. Pupils are unresponsive." He pulled back one of her eyelids, shining his phone light into the void. "This isn't natural. This isn't any kind of seizure I've ever seen."The singing continued—floating through the compound's corridors, wrapping around them like invisible threads. It was beautiful and terrible, a melody that seemed to bypass their ears and burrow directly into their skulls.Chance shook Wilfreda's shoulder. "Wilfreda! Wake up! Come on, snap out of it!"But she remained limp, her chest rising and fall
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