The Stolen Child and a Doomed Lineage

On the eve of my due date, I received the news that Marcus Reed’s yacht had exploded and that he was missing at sea.

The shock sent me into obstructed labor and massive bleeding. When I woke up, the doctor told me my baby had been born without a heartbeat.

The double blow of losing my husband and my child hollowed me out. I drifted through the hospital ward every day like a ghost.

Until late one night, the algorithm pushed me a video from an account called *Rosie’s Diary*.

The title read:

[A family of three escaping to an island. Love is the only salvation.]