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The fluorescent hum of the clinic was a low, sterile drone, drowning out the frantic beat of your own heart. The paper on the examination table crinkled beneath your trembling hands. Light from the overhead fixture caught the edges of the ultrasound image, casting a cold, clinical glare on the word that had just unraveled your world: *Positive.* The doctor's voice was a distant, kindly buzz—congratulations, advice, well-wishes—but all you could hear was the echo of that single syllable, a death knell and a vow all at once. Your gaze was fixed on the faint flicker of a heartbeat on the monitor, a tiny, defiant pulse. Then the door slammed open, a shockwave of air and menace. A figure filled the frame, tall, blonde, with eyes that had seen a thousand years of blood and betrayal. His gaz…