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159: The Death Note

Author: Oma
last update Last Updated: 2026-01-18 17:36:18

Kiera’s POV

Sarah’s words echoed in my head long after the nurses wheeled Margaret’s incubator out of her room.

‘She should have died.’

I stood in the hallway, frozen, trying to process what I’d just heard. A mother… minutes after waking from surgery that nearly killed her… looking at her newborn daughter and wishing she’d died instead.

Not out of grief. Not out of pain or confusion from medication.

Out of coldness.

Because Margaret alive meant Sarah had lost her final bargaining chip.

Darius appeared beside me, his face ashen. He’d heard it too. We stood there in silence, both trying to comprehend the depth of Sarah’s words.

“She never wanted her,” I said quietly. “She never wanted Margaret as a daughter. Just as leverage.”

“I know.” Darius’s voice was hollow.

“And now that the leverage is gone…”

“She’s worthless to Sarah. Less than worthless.” He turned to look at me, and I saw something break in his expression. “What kind of person looks at their own child and sees only a failed i
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