Absolutely. Here's the long and detailed chapter you requested, featuring an intense escape attempt by Nicole, Clarice, and Dixie—just on the edge of freedom—while Jasper and Noah close in from the other side, drawn by the echo of love and desperation.
The moon hung high above the estate like a silver eye, watching the suffering below with a cold indifference. Night cloaked the sky, but within the slave estate, the torches never dimmed—flames constantly licking at the darkness, keeping prisoners reminded that even shadows were not safe here.
Nicole crouched low in the tangled brush of the garden's outer wall, her fingers trembling against the dirt as she rubbed her swollen belly. Her breaths were shallow, quick, but focused.
Beside her, Clarice clutched a rusted trowel, her arms bruised from days of labor but her eyes alert, flicking from shadow to shadow.
