Chapter 1147

Hearing Elliana’s words, Paulina’s eyes darted to the growing wet patch beneath her. Elliana’s water had indeed broken. Paulina’s face drained of color. Without a word, she spun around and dashed out to call the medical team.

Within moments, doctors and nurses rushed into the room.

After a quick examination, the lead doctor’s voice rang out, tense and sharp.

“There are signs of fetal distress! Prep her for surgery immediately!”

At once, the team leapt into motion. They lifted Elliana onto a gurney and pushed her out of her hospital room toward the operating room.

Elliana didn’t argue. She already knew the doctor was right. Her body told her what her mind feared—a difficult delivery was coming, worsened by the storm of anxiety she had carried for days.

Recently, she had barely slept, her thoughts tangled with worry for Cole, who was far away in Podgend, and for her father and brother, who had gone missing after their trip to Skythread Gorge. No matter how she tried to calm herself, dread clung to her like a shadow. Now, that fear had finally taken its toll on her and on the babies she carried.

If a natural birth was impossible, surgery was her only choice. Even as Dr. Atkinson, the world-renowned surgeon, she was now simply a woman in labor—forced to trust her life, and her children’s lives, to others.

Tension rippled through the hospital corridors. Two security groups guarded the place—the Evans family’s team led by Jason, and the Star Society members under Matthew.

Elliana had never wanted Star Society involved. Before sending Adah and the Four Guardians away, she had planned to keep them out of it. Her other identity as Lexi made her and Jason sworn enemies, and she had no wish to reignite old grudges.

But with Adah and the Four Guardians gone, security was thin. She had no choice but to ask Matthew to bring Star Society members in.

When Jason learned that Elliana was Lexi, the shock had nearly floored him. He couldn’t believe the woman he had loved from afar was the same one who had once left him badly wounded.

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All this time, he had always worn a special mask whenever he appeared as Sombra, fully convinced his identity was safely hidden. But then, as memories came rushing back, a painful truth hit him—Elliana had long seen through his disguise. That was why, after injuring him at the Star Society…

After injuring him at the Star Society headquarters, she had gone to Regal Grove to treat his wounds. Her actions, once confusing, suddenly made sense—it had all been for Cole.

Realizing this, Jason had wished the ground would open and swallow him whole. Why had things unfolded like this? He had loved Death Thorn deeply and hated Lexi with equal intensity, only to find they were one and the same.

When the truth settled in, he’d withdrawn to a quiet corner, drowning in the bitter irony of it all. He didn’t dwell on whether he should love or hate Elliana, though. It was too late for that. No matter what masks she wore, he couldn’t escape her pull. One look at her back in Podgend had sealed his fate—his heart belonged to her.

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