"Shoot them! Don't let her touch that river!"Marcus’s voice echoed through the burning smoke, but his command was instantly swallowed by a roaring explosion that shook the banks of the Seine.The icy, pitch-black water of the River Seine swallowed Lydia whole with a violent, deafening splash.The shock of the freezing river slammed into her chest like a sledgehammer, driving every drop of air from her lungs. The current surged around her body, heavy and unforgiving, pulling her down toward the dark riverbed. Her thick velvet coat rapidly filled with filthy, frigid water, weighing her down like iron chains.For three terrifying seconds, darkness suffocated her. But sheer, venomous survival instinct ignited inside her soul.Lydia kicked furiously against the dark current, her blood roaring in her ears, her clawed fingers tearing through the water until her head finally burst through the surface.She broke through the fog, gasping violently for air, her lungs burning, her raw throat cou
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