Novel & Cerita Freedom: My Book Of Firsts

She promised herself that she would one day escape and go live in the countryside quietly and peacefully, alone and far away from her father and stepmother. Anna had lost her mother when she was five. She was raised by a strict father who always punished and scolded her if she made a simple mistake. He even trained her in fencing so she could win in every championship. She couldn’t tarnish their mighty family name by losing. The man who was her father never really cared about her, about what she wanted. Anna just wanted a simple life and freedom. She loved nature, she loved reading beautiful novels, and she wanted to travel and see the world. But no, he had confined her to a miserable life a

Mina says. "To grandmothers who leave escape routes." "To Claire, who's finally using them." I drink. Eat cheese. Look at my messy paintings. And think: This is what fifty thousand dollars buys. Not things. Not security. Not even survival. Freedom. The freedom to build a life worth living, one impractical moment at a time. In my first timeline, I died never knowing this feeling. This timeline? I'm alive. And I'm keeping it that way.

Even when Nora lost her first tooth, learned to write for the first time, and cried for the first time after being scared by thunder, it had always been Sarah. As for him, he would always have something more important or more urgent to attend to at that moment, be it going for a meeting, patrolling the territory, resolving border conflicts, attending banquets, or tending to Erina after a single text from her. He always said that he was very busy. However, as he stood at the door, he realized for the first time that his "busy" excuses were laughable. Larry lowered his head and watched his phone screen light up before going dim again.

And for the first time in my life, I wasn’t waiting for freedom to find me. I was the one who made it real. One kiss, one knot, one choice at a time.

to Daddy and my-son-who's-only-struggling-with-peer-pressure to Mumsi. Freedom began when i first had to go to Pascal's to help him make a diagram for a Biology test (That boy can't draw a perfectly straight line to save his soul). Freedom began when i meet the rest of the of the squad there, for the firsts; somewhere that wasn't school, hunched over white cardboard papers scribbling away. Freedom happened when the stipulated fifteen minutes i was allowed became an hour, then two. Technically, freedom started the day i began attending Little feats. You: did they try to clip your wings?

For the first time in my life, I had one. For the first time, I was free. And this time, no one would ever take that from me again. The End. ⸻

"It's the breath. It’s a girl who kept walking when the world only offered cliff edges. It’s a mimic who wanted to be real just long enough to say goodbye. It’s a man who unlaced his own name so hers could remain. We are not fate's relics. We are the first version of freedom that didn’t wait for permission." She didn’t light a flame. She didn’t tear a veil. She spoke. And in that voice, She began the future.

I had planned to divorce Joseph and give Theodore a chance. But unexpectedly, misfortune struck, and I was kidnapped. Just before I died, I saw Theodore rushing toward me. He had leaped off the cliff after me, not hesitating at all. So in this life, I had already decided from the very beginning that I would choose him. This time, I would make it right.

So I followed what he said and to my surprise it opened. I walked out and saw a lot of stuff all over the place. Then I heard another person moving around the house fast. Her heart was racing. I wondered who that person was. Where were we? I went around looking at stuff as I went. I walked towards a thing I remember was called a window. The sun had just started rising and I could see everything outside. I couldn’t stop staring. There was so much to look at. I had never seen it before. I always wanted to see it. The outside world was always so unfamiliar to me. All of a sudden I heard the heartbeat get really close and felt eyes on my back. I turned around and saw this sweaty looking woman. S

His jaw clenched as anger flooded his features. “Pretty lucky? I am told who I will marry before I'm able to walk. I am informed how to speak and when to speak, I am told how to eat and dress. I am told how to think in regard to my kingdom and what will soon become my people. It's not a life of riches and luxury items Raven, it's a lifestyle, and it's not for the faint of heart.” His teeth were clenched, and I am distinctly aware of how close he had gotten during his brief speech.