Chapter 181: Pregnant

  Helena shot him a withering look, even as her hands trembled against Emma’s unnaturally pale cheeks. “She’s fading fast – we must get her medical attention immediately!”   “Emma stay awake!” Helena shouted at the top of her lungs but Emma could barely register the words she said.   Try as she might, Emma's eyes slid shut, the pull of blissful oblivion growing too strong to resist any longer.   Just before the darkness fully claimed her, she felt the whispers of air current against her face and the piercing oscillation of helicopter blades somewhere overhead. Then nothing but silence and enveloping black reigned.   Helena watched in mounting horror as Emma's eyes fluttered shut and her body went completely limp in her arms.   "Emma?" She shook her daughter-in-law urgently, panic gripping her chest. "Emma, stay with me!"   But Emma didn't respond, her head lolling back in a way that made Helena's heart lurch. Nearby, the guards were engaging in a ferocious gunfight with th