Chapter 1717: A mother

What this investigation wouldn't reveal were Naylani's true feelings toward Enzo. Sure, with everything going on in her life, it was easy to assume she had used him for her own gain.

But in truth, Enzo had become a calm she never realized she needed.

After years of fighting and putting her life on the line-watching her people die, taking in their final breaths, and enduring betrayal after betrayal-even someone like Naylani could grow tired.

At some point, she began to ask herself if any of it was still worth it.

Deep down, she knew this war... was never hers to win. There had already been too much devastation, too much loss. Even if she killed Nathalie in the end, it

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It would just be survival.

And with Enzo?

She found peace in his presence.

For the first time in what felt like forever, someone made her feel that breathing wasn't so bad. That it was okay to laugh at simple, silly things.

Enzo... grounded her.

He made her feel human. A woman.

Not just a soldier burdened with the lives of an entire battalion-lives that would be lost if she failed. With him, she could be delicate, be cared for. He was her home, her peace. Her first-and perhaps only-love.

But also... he was her delusion.

were nothing more than an illusion. Temporary. The two of them

She knew that.

yet, she kept telling herself: Just one

One more day before she

stretched into weeks. Then months. And just as she finally found the strength to return to the war-the war that haunted her even in

she was taking contraceptives in secret. She didn't want a child. She couldn't bear to bring a child into a world where she knew Nathalie would kill

wasn't supposed to have it. In truth, she planned to terminate the

brought

they heard

of that tiny heartbeat echoing in the room... the warm tears falling from her eyes... Enzo's hand gripping

couldn't have the

the fate that awaited it

that moment, she couldn't justify the cruelty anymore. Because in that second,

met. A mother

only whisper to her unborn child's heart: "I'm sorry... that your

all of that... was just one part of the

the

perhaps... it was better

correct,

correct

in Anteca," Zoren said in a solemn tone. "Since Noel had ties with Uncle Haines and since the leader of that operation was his cousin. I

Noel could've told

another scheme they weren't

then why didn't they come for me?" Charles's voice came through the phone. "They only attacked Haines under the pretense of investigating the baby

eyes with his brother-in-law Everyone else stared at the phone, too-even Finn The only one confused was Dean furrowing his brows as he noticed the shift in everyone's

Because the truth was...

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