**Chapter 126: Dangerous Alliances**The private medical suite had become my entire world.White walls, soft lighting, the constant beep of fetal monitors, and the faint metallic scent of hospital-grade equipment. I was thirty-one weeks along with our third daughter — strong, active, a fighter. Our fourth child, now fourteen weeks, was struggling. Tiny. Fragile. The doctors spoke in hushed tones about “selective reduction” again this morning, and every time the words left their mouths, something inside me shattered.I lay on my left side, the only position that didn’t spike my blood pressure, both hands cradling the massive swell of my belly. Damien hadn’t left the room in forty-eight hours. He sat in the wide recliner beside my bed, unshaven, sleeves rolled up, reviewing documents on his tablet while one hand rested possessively on my stomach.“You’re not sleeping,” he said without looking up. His voice was rough with exhaustion and barely contained rage.“I can’t,” I whispered. “Eve
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