Defending Your Life Review Novels & Stories

“It’s only natural to pay the same price! Do you think he’ll live after killing me?!” “Why not?” Harvey replied, before pointing at the surveillance camera outside. “You came in a huge group to cause trouble. “We had to defend ourselves. Even if we kill you, it’d be considered self-defense. “If I get a good lawyer for him, he’d be locked up for fourteen days at most. And if I’m generous enough to bail him, it’d only be a few hours before he’s out. “A few hours for your life? That’s a steal. “Right; judging from the way you do things, you must’ve taken advantage of quite a lot of people, huh?

Samudra drew a deep breath in before speaking, "My dear King of Kaushala, I killed in defence. As everyone knows few hours before his death, he had tried to harm me. His intentions were questionable since their arrival. Even during the meal before, it was there for everyone to see how inappropriate their conduct was. The 7th tenet of Council of Kings allows a participant of the Council defend his personal/family's/Kingdom's honor at any cost and protects him from any form of punishment even in case of fatalities. I had to kill him to prevent danger to self as well as my family." King of Kaushala actually smiled at this defence as this was a fool proof argument. Indeed the 7th Tenet allowed p

The door closed behind me and I leaned against it. I defended him in front of the council. I shut down their review in four sentences. I did not plan it or think about it. I just stood up and spoke and the words came out like they had been waiting.

“What? No… No, you’re mistaken….” “You are under arrest for the murder of Eva Miller, and for the attempted murders of Luna Amelia and her son,” the warrior intoned, his voice a final verdict. “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you before the Alpha Council. You may request a defender… though few survive our trials.” He leaned closer, his eyes hard as steel. “Use your words wisely.” The air thickened with dread. Even Aiden’s breath caught.

“We’ll fight this. Self-defense is clear on the surviving footage. But with his record and house arrest violation… the DA might push for murder charges.” I looked up at him, voice breaking. “He just saved our lives.” “I know. But the court might not see it that way.” Later that night, after the crime scene team finally left and the twins were soothed back to sleep, I sat alone in the rocking chair in the nursery. My body ached. My heart felt shredded. Another message came through on my phone — from an unknown number. **Unknown: One down. The Voss empire falls next. Choose the winning side before it’s too late. – V**

Daniel admitted, "it’s not just custody it’s about your life it’s about who you are it’s about how you will be seen by the court by Jacobs legal team.” That phrase sat heavily in my mind Kathryn like a weight like a burden, like a responsibility. Character construction, Daniel. Like I wasn’t defending a life like I was defending how that life would be interpreted, like I was defending my narrative, my own story. I closed my eyes for a moment breathing in slowly through my nose forcing myself not to spiral into everything at once Kathryn. When I spoke again my voice was quieter but sharper Kathryn. “Fine Daniel," I said, "I’ll go through everything I’ll tell you everything I’ll give you every

I couldn't tell whether the pain was worse physically or mentally. Those dozen or so videos were more than enough to prove that I had acted in self-defense under a mortal threat. "In a situation like this, there's no criminal liability at all. Matilda is incredibly resilient. She found the only way to survive in such a hopeless situation. It was a way out that she found for herself. Judith, the tech team worked hard to recover these from Matilda's shattered phone." Ms. Madden's eyes were red. She couldn't bear to watch the video again. Her hands shook as she held the phone.

The rest of the world could have its ledgers and schemes; we would keep the door open and the house full of life. In the morning the judge would read one more packet, Pryce’s lawyers would fold in even more defenses, and Reed would start to answer for its networks. But our life — the messy, radiant thing we had built — would still be private and fierce, and that felt like the best kind of victory.

Old enough to protect his friend but young enough that the trauma of killing someone would shape him for the rest of his life. "You saved Riley," I said firmly. "You protected someone who couldn't protect himself. That makes you a hero, Lake. Not a murderer. A hero." "I killed someone," Lake said, finally looking up at me with eyes that held far too much pain for such a young face. "I watched him burn. That doesn't feel very heroic." "It feels terrible," I agreed. "Because you're a good person who didn't want to hurt anyone. But Lake, you need to understand—what you did was justified. It was self-defense, defense of another person. Any court in any civilized territory would call that justifi

I looked to the left and right, there weren’t any armies but the men from the woods would get to me before I got out of their range. Fight. I decided then and there that dying with daggers in my hands was better than being another prisoner. I took a deep breath, moved my head from side to side, and rolled my shoulders stretching out my muscles. This was it, my do or die moment and more than likely I was going to die. Mentally prepared, I took a defensive stance rotating my body to watch the men approaching me from both sides.