dge, carefully blowing on it to cool

sked softly, looking at him timidly. Logan pa

tten spoiled because I tre

his mind. The calm look in Serena's eyes when she

How could she possibly leave for real? It was nothing more than a moment of anger

tecting her, how long could a pregnan

h, she would naturally

way, Logan's t

Your body is weak. You need

mouth to take the medicine

u're so go

ut his gaze drifted involunta

ing right now? Was

t be better to let he

fed Amy another sp

he atmosphere in the camp

hen she distributed medicine or fetched water, they deliberately made things

nce, his expres

r getting angry wi

soldier's bandages without even looking up. "I

never paused, and she had no

frustrated wave of his hand. Only after he was gone d

the war zone deployment ended, once she returned home, once the d

t. Like the sea after a storm, faint ripples remained on t

d one night when the rebel

stern barracks just as Serena s

gainst a wall. What greeted her was a sky lit red by flames, machine gun fire,

protected her belly and moved toward t

he had observed it before and knew it

hed the air. She stumbled toward the broken w

amped a hand over her mouth to keep th

ren

disheveled, his white coat stained with soot, blood

truck is at the

hand was cold, but his was even colder. After they h

Logan, s

isheveled and face streaked with tears

.. my baby... m

n fr

Serena. After only a brief hesit

nto his arms, h

ll come back for you af

he ran into

ching his figure disapp

r abdomen. She bent over, clutching

aw her skirt alread

rmured as she colla

ell explod

the ground, the back of her

y, as if a hand were tearing violently inside her. The blood

g the ruins, staring at the

r of the sky a perso

hat was

y closed

gine approached f

re across the sand and scre

e stepped out, crouching d

still

na struggled to open her e

ion, a tall figure stoo