AIYANA
"You owe obedience."
That was too much. I didn’t know what to do with the growing rage inside me, and the words came out before I could think.
"Go fuck yourself, asshole. Eat a dick," I spat without filter, my voice sharp and full of contempt.
Maxim laughed, a low, cruel sound, with no trace of remorse in his eyes. Like it was all just a joke to him.
"Such class. My decision isn’t going to change," he said, still smiling, though his words were laced with growing hardness.
That only made me even angrier. I wasn’t going to let him treat me like a weak, submissive girl anymore.
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AIYANAMy fingers trembled as I pulled it out.Inside, there were only two things.A photo my mother, smiling with a beautiful pregnant belly, her eyes so full of life they seemed to follow me and the necklace she left for me. A crescent moon pendant, small, but my greatest treasure.I picked up the photo carefully, as if the old paper might fall apart beneath my fingers. For a moment, everything around me vanished. I could only see her. The sparkle in her eyes, her loose hair dancing in the wind. She looked so alive in that image it made my chest ache.Then I took the necklace and placed it around my neck with an almost ceremonial care. When it touched my skin, something inside me settled. As if a missing piece had finally found its place.I heard the creak of the steps.I stood up, closed the box, and put it back in the hiding spot. I replaced the board, pulled the rug over it, and turned toward the door."Ready?" Max asked, his voice low but steady.I nodded. And we left.The wood
AIYANAI bit my lower lip, staring at the scene ahead.“We need to go into the houses. See if there’s anything we can use. Food, water, clean clothes, weapons,” I said, slowly letting go of his arm.Max nodded firmly but didn’t move right away. He looked once more at the empty space where his father’s body had been. I could feel the question burning inside him: what did they do to him?I wanted to know too.But now... now we had to survive first.“Let’s go,” I murmured, starting to walk toward the old Roffman house.Max stopped.
AIYANA"You owe obedience."That was too much. I didn’t know what to do with the growing rage inside me, and the words came out before I could think."Go fuck yourself, asshole. Eat a dick," I spat without filter, my voice sharp and full of contempt.Maxim laughed, a low, cruel sound, with no trace of remorse in his eyes. Like it was all just a joke to him."Such class. My decision isn’t going to change," he said, still smiling, though his words were laced with growing hardness.That only made me even angrier. I wasn’t going to let him treat me like a weak, submissive girl anymore."You