"Out of the way! Move!"
A frantic, desperate voice tore through the wall of shouting reporters. Alex burst through the crowd, his tie crooked, his face pale with a mixture of shock and sheer panic. Behind him, his mother bustled through the gap, her eyes sweeping over the scene.
For a fraction of a second, the old woman’s eyes locked onto the dark crimson pool spreading across the marble landing. A bizarre, sharp glint flashed in her gaze—not of grief, but of absolute, predatory realization.
"Mara! Oh my God!" Alex screamed, dropping to his knees and hovering his hands over her body, completely terrified by the blood. "What happened? What did she do to you?!"
"Alex... our baby," Mara whimpered, her voice pitched perfectly for the surrounding microphones as she clutched her stomach, wri
