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The Shadow Over the Cradle
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2026-06-15 09:10:00The silence in the underground bunker pressed against my ears like a living thing, and I wondered if this was what it felt like to be buried alive while still breathing.
I lay on the narrow bed in the reinforced room, my hands resting on my swollen belly, feeling the baby move slowly as the final month of pregnancy weighed on me like an anchor. Nine months. The child was due any day now, and I had spent the last four weeks in total isolation beneath Marcus Vance’s estate. The wal
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