Elise Pov “Did you hear that?” I whispered, my hand instinctively moving to Mira’s arm. Before she could answer, shadows moved faster than my eyes could track. A masked figure lunged at me from behind a tree, steel glinting under the pale moonlight. I reacted instinctively, raising my arms to fend them off, but my strength, already compromised by pregnancy and weeks of emotional turmoil, betrayed me. My strikes were weak, fumbling and ineffective. “ELISE!” Mira screamed, her voice slicing through the night like a blade. She charged forward, but two other masked attackers appeared, intercepting her with brutal precision. I saw the panic in her eyes, the sheer terror that mirrored my own, and for a moment, all the world narrowed down to that fear. Despite myself, I tried to push through, tried to fight, but my limbs felt heavy and unresponsive. I swung at the nearest attacker, catching him across the shoulder, but the blow barely slowed him. He grabbed my wri
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