Smoke and gunfire billowed over the mountain.

In the end, Ferdinand was undone by love. Driven by selfish desire, he brought down the "kingdom of shadows" he'd spent years building. Gifford was dead, and the other leaders-dragged here by Ferdinand and now trapped-had no way out.

They had spilled plenty of blood for their own gain. No one would shed tears for them.

Yet in their world, this was a betrayal sparked by Ferdinand alone.

His obsession destroyed everything.

And in the end, his fixation destroyed him too.

The devil who created hell dared to dream of a lifetime of happiness with a mortal -what a cruel joke.

Ferdinand would find no peace, no sympathy.

On the edge of the cliff, Mary knelt, thunder cracking overhead, waves crashing far below. Her sobs were lost in the storm.

The child inside her twisted and kicked.

She clutched her belly, her laughter tangled with tears, her tears twisted into laughter.

A special ops officer rushed over to help her up. The operation wasn't over, but a pregnant woman couldn't linger here. They hurried her down the mountain.

By the time they reached the base, an ambulance was waiting.

Stewart carried Briony into the vehicle.

blood running down Stewart's

snapped. "Check

sighed, turning to the nurse. "Get his

nurse nodded, quickly grabbing bandages and

Stewart's eyes never

low blood pressure," Jonah said after a hurried exam. "Acute leukemia, and she's in an active phase. There may be internal bleeding. Get her on oxygen. How long till we reach the

Global Unity Medical," the nurse

down, the ambulance crawling

expression tightened. "Call ahead.

"On it!"

pulled up to Sanctonia

was rushed

red light above the

at the glowing sign, jaw

urged him to get his wound stitched

pocket; he ignored it, rooted to the

minutes later, a

hand cradling her belly and

kept his

you know him, please convince him

glanced at

but crimson dripped steadily from his fingertips, pooling

over her. You

Stewart didn't move.

pressed on. "Briony's fighting for

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