บททั้งหมดของ Betrayed Before the Vows: บทที่ 81 - บทที่ 89

“You’re leaving.”Camelia stood frozen at the doorway of the communications room, staring at the half-packed travel bag beside Elena’s chair.Outside the station windows, morning snow drifted quietly over Obersdorf. The storm had finally passed, leaving the mountains wrapped in pale silence.Elena looked up slowly from the documents in her hands.“I was hoping to tell you before anyone noticed.”Camelia stepped inside carefully.“For how long?”Elena gave a faint smile.“I don’t think I’ll be coming back.”The answer hit harder than Camelia expected.For several seconds she simply stood there, unsure what she felt.Relief?Sadness?Guilt?Maybe all of them at once.Elena folded another map carefully before placing it into her bag.“The western network division still needs rebuilding,” she explained quietly. “Marko arranged transport through the southern route tomorrow morning.”Camelia crossed her arms lightly.“You could’ve stayed longer.”Elena laughed softly.“And make your marriag

“You need sleep.”Camelia didn’t even look up from the glowing monitors surrounding the control desk.“So do you.”Adrian sighed as he placed another cup of coffee beside her keyboard.The underground operations room had become unbearably quiet after midnight. Only the hum of servers and the occasional flicker of unstable energy maps filled the darkness.A major system failure had hit three villages connected to People’s Grid earlier that evening. Since then, Camelia and Adrian had been working nonstop to stabilize the network before sunrise.Camelia rubbed tired eyes.“If we don’t reroute the thermal reserve now, the northern lines will collapse by morning.”Adrian leaned against the desk beside her.“You’ve said that six times in the last hour.”“Because it’s still true.”“And because you’re exhausted.”Camelia ignored him and typed another sequence into the system.The monitors flickered violently before stabilizing again.Finally.A long breath escaped her.“That should hold until

“Signal again!”Marko slammed a gloved hand against the frozen dashboard as static crackled through the radio for the hundredth time.Outside, the blizzard swallowed everything.Mountains.Roads.Even the headlights barely pierced the endless white storm surrounding the rescue vehicle.Camelia sat rigid beside him, fingers trembling around William’s abandoned scarf.Three hours.William had been missing for three hours.And every minute felt like another knife twisting deeper into her chest.A tracker technician’s voice finally burst weakly through the radio.“Possible thermal signature… north border sector…”Marko grabbed the receiver instantly.“Coordinates?”Static interrupted the response.Then finally—“Old customs cabin… near Ridge Twelve…”The signal died again.Marko immediately accelerated harder through the snow.Camelia closed her eyes briefly in relief and terror at once.Please be alive.Please.---The old border cabin looked half buried beneath snow when they finally re

“He’s burning up.”Camelia’s voice shook as she pressed her trembling hand against Elyan’s forehead.The baby whimpered weakly in her arms, tiny breaths coming too fast and uneven.William looked up instantly from the communications console across the room.“What happened?”“I don’t know.” Panic filled her voice now. “He was fine an hour ago.”Another sharp cough escaped Elyan’s tiny chest.Then suddenly—A horrible wheezing sound followed.William was beside them immediately.His expression changed the moment he heard the strained breathing.“Get his blanket.”Camelia clutched Elyan tighter.“He can’t breathe properly.”Fear exploded through the room instantly.Outside, freezing winds slammed violently against the station walls. Another brutal cold front had swept across Obersdorf overnight, dropping temperatures dangerously low even inside some sections of the compound.William carefully touched Elyan’s chest.The baby’s breathing was rapid.Too rapid.“Marko!” William shouted towar

“You’re avoiding me.”William stopped near the doorway but didn’t turn around immediately.Snowlight filtered softly through the station windows behind him, covering the room in pale silver shadows. Somewhere in the distance, generators hummed steadily beneath the mountains.“I’m giving you space,” he answered quietly.Camelia stared at his back for several seconds.“No.” Her voice softened. “You’re hiding.”Silence followed.William finally turned slowly toward her.The exhaustion in his eyes made her chest ache instantly.Since she found the letter for Elyan two days ago, something between them had changed again.Not colder.More fragile.Like both of them had finally seen each other too clearly to keep pretending anymore.William looked nervous now.A rare sight.Camelia stepped farther into the room and closed the door behind her carefully.“We need to talk.”A faint shadow crossed his face at those words.As if part of him still feared every serious conversation might end with go