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“Stop holding his hand. Stop looking at him like he is your answer.” She hesitates again, and that hesitation tells me everything. I step back slightly, creating space between us. “So you are choosing him,” I say, my chest tight. “I am choosing survival,” she replies quietly. I nod slowly, though it feels like something heavy is pressing down on my lungs. “Then survive,” I say. “Do whatever the fuck you think you need to.” Her expression shifts, confusion mixing with hurt. “What does that mean?” “It means,” I say, forcing steadiness into my tone, “even if you walk away, even if you stand beside him when this is over, I am still fighting.”

So I did what I always do, pushed it down, hid behind the walls I had built, and gave her the only truth I could let out. "Because no one is worth killing yourself over. Not even me. And certainly not that deranged psychopath you call a father. When life corners you, you do not fold. You push back. You drag yourself out, even when it feels impossible. You do not give anyone the satisfaction of watching you fall. You survive." "What if I am tired of surviving?" Her voice shook like the words were scraping their way out. "I am tired of fighting battles I cannot win. I am tired of being afraid."

“You see? That shows that being alive is you fighting. All you need to do is find the balance. You don’t need to stop being a fighter. You just need to control what you fight for. Direct it. Fighting may be a part of your life, but it does not have to be who you are. You fight to live. I fight to live. The child who was just born fights to live. Even the warrior breathing his last breath on the field is fighting as well. But you know who else is fighting? Rogues, tearing through people’s packs, through people’s livelihoods. And for what? Because they have the power to do it. That’s still fighting. What defines fighting is what you use it for, how you direct that energy.” I let out a small br

Martha listened, her eyes fixed on the distant horizon, a gentle breeze rustling the leaves. When I was done, she put her hand on mine, her skin wrinkled but warm. "Some battles ", she said, " you don't fight to win. You fight to survive ". "But I'm losing, Martha. He’s one step ahead of me and I don't know how to stop him without...... without destroying everything else ".

"I am not trying to, Ravena. I am trying to make sure you understand. This is not a skirmish. This is war. And in war, people die." "I know that." "Do you really?" He searched my face. "Because when the fighting starts, when your friends start falling, when blood is everywhere and you can't tell who is winning anymore, you need to remember why you are fighting. Not for glory. Not for revenge. For your very survival." "Why are you telling me this?”

Last time she recalls, it was her saying that she would never fall in love again because all men are dicks and they only want to get into her panties, but now she was bragging about the man that she only met two days ago. “Alright stop it girl, I know it's too soon but I just want to be happy again. Is it too wrong for me to wish for that?” Aileen held her hand across the table “Of course not, everybody deserves to make their own decisions. But then be careful of what you are getting yourself into, stay focused. I like that in your revenge mission you are also thinking of moving on'' she said with a warm smile. Jemima smiled as well, feeling at peace now that she spoke about this to someone,

Our passionate fight Began.

Cruz’s chest rose and fell, controlled breaths, eyes never leaving the darkness. I whispered, voice trembling, “How do we know it’ll stop?” Cruz’s gaze met mine, resolute. “It won’t. But we survive. That’s what matters. For us. For our daughter. We survive, and we fight again if we have to.” The shadow moved once more, just a flicker at the edge of our vision, reminding us it hadn’t left. And for a moment, all three of us froze, aware that the battle was far from over, that whatever was out there, it would be watching, waiting, planning.

“We stop reacting. We start planning. We hit back before they can tear us apart.” I almost laughedbitter and sharp. “Haven’t we been doing that since day one?” He looked at me, and I could see the exhaustion in his eyes, but something else, something like hope, or maybe just stubbornness. “Not like this. Before, we were just trying to survive. Now? We fight back. We find whoever’s selling us out, and we end it.” His words landed hard, but I found myself nodding along. For the first time in a long while, I could see a way forward. Not a safe way, maybe not even a smart one, but at least a direction.

They rained their fists again and again into the wretched duo. I turned my phone on and called a rescue squad member. Then, I led my other colleagues on a two-day survival mission. Queenie and Shawn didn't die, but it was a near thing. We tied them up and set them aside, keeping them alive on the barest minimum of food. I was going to deal with them after we got back to civilization. I was the one running the company behind the scenes, but everyone thought he owned the business. His company could never have gotten off the ground if it weren't for me.