Chapter 8: The Power of Protection
One quiet morning, Evelyn felt the baby move with unusual vigor. Sitting on the wooden dock, she watched the sun rise over the Atlantic. Proteus surfaced nearby, spouting mist into the crisp dawn air.
She realized then that her struggle was no longer about Julian’s betrayal. It was about defining the world her child would inherit. If she fought Julian with malice, she would bring his darkness into her child’s life.
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“I won't let his hatred define us,” she whispered to the child within her. “We will rebuild what he tried to destroy.”
True strength, she learned, was not the power to inflict harm, but the capacity to shield what is precious from destruction.
