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Chapter 13

Author: Comfort
last update publish date: 2026-05-17 02:29:07

The fluorescent lights blazed down on Clara's broken body.

She had been in surgery for two hours. The trauma team had stabilized her internal bleeding and set her shattered femur. But the most delicate work remained, and the obstetrics team had been paged ten minutes ago.

Dr. Martin stared at the monitor, her expression grim. "The fetal heartbeats are weakening."

Two tiny heartbeats flickered on the screen faster and more erratic than they'd been during Clara's ultrasound just hours ago.

"We ca
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