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Survival

Author: Randy Ransky
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-09-23 21:37:49

Elena’s POV

Five weeks. Five grueling weeks. And somehow, here I was—still standing. Ten of us left. Ten fierce, ambitious, relentless women, each one convinced they deserved the crown more than the others.

The Maison de Luxe had begun to feel like a battlefield disguised as a palace. The polished floors, crystal chandeliers, and gold trim didn’t make it any less brutal. If anything, it made the stakes feel higher. Every step I took, every glance I threw, every move I made was under scrutiny. Cameras captured everything. Judges watched everything. And every second, the whispers, the side-eyes, the calculated smiles were sharpened into weapons.

I’d watched five girls walk out of that door over the past month. Some cried. Some left silent, dignified. Some pretended it didn’t matter—but I knew the look in their eyes when they passed the threshold: desperation. Defeat. Broken dreams.

And yet… the fire in me hadn’t dimmed.

It was worse than the first week. Judges had stopped be
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