Elara’s POVThe hallway felt colder after Axel read Viktor’s message. No one spoke for several seconds. The guards stood frozen in place while the meaning of those words settled over the room like a storm cloud.The mother of his grandchild.Ruin’s eyes slowly shifted toward me, but I forced myself to remain still. If I reacted too quickly, the truth would become obvious.“What exactly did the message say?” "Ruin?" asked Axel.Axel glanced down at his phone again before reading it once more.“He wrote, 'Tell Ruin that I will return soon. The next time I arrive, I will take the mother of my grandchild with me.”The silence that followed felt suffocating.Ruin’s expression hardened as his mind meticulously processed the words.“He knows you are pregnant,” Ruin said to me.“That does not mean he is correct,” I replied.“Viktor does not make assumptions without evidence.”“I do not know who told him that.”Ruin continued watching me carefully. “You fainted earlier today,” he said slowly.
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