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Upward.

Toward Daniel.

And something in that gaze made Daniel’s stomach tighten.

“Amira…” he said slowly.

“I see it,” she whispered.

There was something… off.

Not wrong in an obvious way. Not something you could easily explain.

But something that didn’t belong in the eyes of a three-month-old child.

Awareness.

Too much awareness.

The baby’s grip tightened again, this time on Amira’s hand. She winced slightly.

“That hurts,” she said softly.

Daniel reached out instinctively. “Hey, easy—”

The baby turned his head sharply toward Daniel.

And growled.