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The Safer Choice
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2025-12-24 09:09:49
Elizabeta KoritnikHi everyone! Thank you for reading The War Between Us. This chapter introduces a different kind of presence. One that feels safe, familiar, and uncomplicated. Sometimes the hardest choices aren’t between right and wrong, but between comfort and chaos. I’m curious to hear how you found this chapter. What stood out to you? And do you think safety is enough when something else keeps pulling at you? Also are you team safe, or team storm? :P
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The War Between Us The Safer Choice
Milena DragovicIt was Rayven.Tall, slightly tanned, and athletic, with lines of tattoos showing beneath his shirt sleeve and along the side of his neck. Warm, dark eyes. An easy smile.The kind of man who instantly felt safe to be around.The kind of man who should be my type.He raised a brow, taking in my probably tired and disorganized appearance.“You okay?” he asked. “You looked… distracted leaving the gym.”Fantastic.Just what I needed.“Does everyone at the gym pay attention to what I do?” I said, a little too fast, before I could stop myself.Way to keep your thoughts to yourself, Milena.Rayven looked slightly amused by my reaction… and a little surprised.“I’m sorry,” I added quickly. “I’m fine. Just tired.” I mustered a smile that didn’t quite reach my eyes.He didn’t buy it.Not fully.He shifted his weight, studying me with quiet concern.“Alex didn’t say something stupid, did he?”My breath caught.Rayven didn’t say it in a teasing way. His tone wasn’t judgmental. Jus
The War Between Us Aftershocks
Milena DragovicI don’t remember leaving the gym.One moment I was staring at Alexander’s retreating back, pulse in my throat, breath caught somewhere between my ribs… and the next, I was outside, the cool night air slapping against my skin like it was trying to wake me up.My legs carried me on autopilot, each step too fast, too uneven.My body still hummed with leftover adrenaline…Princess.He called me princess.The way he said it, low, deliberate, like a touch without touching.It slid under my skin, threaded through my nerves, settled somewhere it absolutely had no business being.My jaw clenched.“What the hell,” I muttered, but it came out weaker than I wanted.Fear had shaken me first.Then anger took its turn, hot and familiar.Anger at him.Anger at myself.Anger at the way my body reacted like it forgot every boundary my mind tried to hold.I didn’t react to fighters.I didn’t react to men like him.Not anymore. So why was I still trembling?But then… I know the answer. I
The War Between Us Chapter 5: The First Line
Milena DragovicMy heart climbed into my throat.I was always the kind of girl who stood her ground. Not many things shook me, but ever since the incident, confrontation scraped against a raw place inside me in ways it never used to. I’d avoided gyms for a long time. Avoided fighters. Avoided anything that smelled like sweat, adrenaline, or violence. I built an entire life on staying far, far away from the world that had taken so much from me.And now here I was.Drawn. No, pulled right back into everything I fought so hard to avoid.The hallway felt narrower than before, the dim overhead lights buzzing faintly as Alexander uncrossed his arms, rolled his shoulders back, and pushed off the wall with slow, casual ease. The faintest sheen of sweat still clung to his jawline, catching the dim hallway light. He didn’t look surprised to see me. He didn’t look curious either.He looked like a man who had already decided something.About me.About this moment.My pulse still thumped hard in m
The War Between Us Chapter 4: When Control Slips
Milena DragovicMy pulse didn’t slow, not even after Alexander moved to the cubbies. He was just a few meters away, towel slung over his shoulder, water bottle in hand. Close enough that every shift of his muscles remained in my peripheral vision, no matter how hard I tried to ignore it.He dragged the towel down the length of his throat, wiping away the last trail of sweat before letting the fabric hang loosely in his hand. Then he leaned forward, bracing one arm against the cubbies, resting his forehead lightly against it. For a moment, he looked almost still. His chest rose and fell with slow, even breaths, but the rhythm didn’t seem relaxed. It was deliberate, forced, the kind of breathing people used when they were trying to settle something inside themselves. It was the kind of breathing someone learned to quiet themselves, not recover. A self-soothing technique. A sign. He didn’t look at me again.But I felt the pull of his presence like static.The coach kept talking beside m
The War Between Us Chapter 3: Curiosity Is A Dangerous Thing
Milena DragovicI debated sitting down to drink it but decided to walk to my apartment instead. I still had time before my next client.I told myself I wouldn’t think about him. But by the time I reached my apartment, I was already lying.The hallway encounter replayed in my mind on a loop. The silence, the look in his eyes, the way he’d walked away without a word.My apartment was just across the street. I crossed when there were no cars coming and unlocked the front door. I kicked off my high-heeled black leather boots and walked down the hall into the open floor plan living room.I usually sat at the kitchen island, but today I sank onto the couch instead. I needed the comfort of the soft pillows and a warm blanket.I pulled the file from my bag, set it on the coffee table, placed the latte beside it, and opened my laptop. I had about thirty minutes before my next session, so I opened my browser.The search results stared back at me.Fight records, interviews, and the occasional gl
The War Between Us Chapter 2: Too Close To The Fire
Milena DragovicI stood, sliding the folder into my bag. “I’ll think about it. I’ll give you my answer by the end of the week.”John nodded, but I could still see worry on his face.The office was tucked away at the very back of the gym, which meant you had to walk past the locker rooms to get out. The hallway was warm, humid, and heavy with the scent of leather, soap, and sweat. Just as I reached one of the locker room doors, it flew open.I jerked back, but not in time, colliding with the man who stepped out and falling straight on my ass. “Watch it!” I snapped, looking up at the culprit. The words caught in my throat, choking on the sight in front of me. Alexander.He hadn’t even seen me yet, a towel covering his face as he rubbed it through damp black hair. Water dripped down the side of his jaw, glistening against skin still flushed from the shower. His hoodie was gone, leaving him in nothing but shorts. His godly body was still damp from the shower, and I couldn’t help but st
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