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Afternoon light slants through the nursery window, catching motes of dust that swirl in the suddenly heavy air. Elara stands beside the crib, her slender frame trembling as she sways the weeping newborn. Her breath comes in shallow, ragged pulls, her chest clenched in the familiar, suffocating grip of asthma. She grips the wooden railing, her vision blurring at the edges, fighting to conceal her distress. The house holds only the baby's cries and then, distantly, the steady rhythm of footsteps ascending the stairs. The doorknob turns. The atmosphere shifts from lonely desperation to breathless anticipation.