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Highway lights smear into continuous ribbons of gold and white as the car devours the night, the engine a sustained roar of defiance. The cabin stinks of scorched rubber, hot metal, and the acrid, unmistakable scent of panic. Kaelan's hands are locked on the wheel, his knuckles stark and pale, his dark hair tousled by the violent motion. His grey eyes are fixed on the road ahead, blazing with a cold, dangerous intensity that squeezes the air from my lungs. I'm braced against the passenger door, my own terrified face a ghost in the window glass. Tears track freely down my cheeks. "Please," I beg, my voice splintering. "I'm scared. I want us to live. I want our baby to live." The words slice through the engine's scream. His head jerks toward me, the fury in his expression dissolving into st…