Mia’s POVThe new hidden base beneath the remote Pacific atoll felt both like a fortress and a prison. Steel corridors stretched deep into the earth, nurseries carved into reinforced caverns, and an endless ocean above that hid as many threats as it did sanctuary. Fifteen children filled every waking moment with cries, laughter, and the constant hum of medical monitors. Theo and Elias raced through the play areas with boundless energy. The younger ones — Seraphina, Aurora, Lucian, Nova, Kai, Rowan, Lyra, and the rescued hidden daughter and son — brought chaos and joy. Jax and the newest arrivals from the platform siege slept peacefully. And inside me, the sixteenth child — the one Elara had branded the ultimate Apex Heir — grew at a terrifying pace.I stood in the central nursery at dawn, rocking little Lyra while Damien watched from the doorway. He crossed to me in long strides and pulled me against his chest, one hand splaying possessively over my heavily swollen belly. The forced p
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