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he continued, giving my thigh a light squeeze, “maybe ‘cause she stood up for me during my hard times. Not only emotionally, but physically, ready to fight the world to save me.” My heart warmed. I hadn't even realized how much what I did hit, but with the way they all kept talking about it, I was starting to think I might be a stronger woman than I credit myself. Amber bit her lower lip, the anger evident, but she averted my gaze to the food, muttering likely cuss words under her breath. Finn on the other hand had an expression I really wished I could interpret. It wasn't anger, or anything related to that. And it wasn't sadness either. It was just… dammit I wished I could read his face jus

Something stronger. Something she could never break. ---

20 UP → Willpower (12 → 22) Something steadied inside me like the doubts and storms in my head had been forced back into order. “So this is… backbone? No… this is what it means not to waver.” 20 UP → Perception (19 → 29) The hum of the refrigerator downstairs, the faint rustle of curtains, even the change in my parents’ footsteps, I could sense it. “…Scary. But useful.” The screen pulsed again. Strength (STR): 33 Agility (AGI): 24

he stopped at the door to look at us again. "What?" Viper asked. "She doesn't need us. Neither of them do. All we do is bring them down. They are too good for us and I think that deep down we all know it. That's why we ordered them around. That's why we kept them at arm's length. That's why we treated them like they were less than us. Just looking at them showed us what real strength is and we all know that deep down we are weak." he half smirked and shook his head.

Power radiates from them like a force of nature, making the room feel smaller just from their presence. And then— Three sets of widened eyes lock onto mine. Something shifts in the air, something clicks into place. The word leaves all of our mouths at the same time. "Mate." "Wait, what the hell?" Nova mutters beside me. I barely hear her. I can’t move my eyes away from the three men standing in front of me, from the sheer presence they command. One of them, the one who smells like honey and sunshine, tilts his head slightly, a slow, intrigued smile curling his lips. “Well… this changes everything.”

His gaze locked onto mine, steady and fierce, as if he could see every trembling piece of my soul. “Why… why are you being so kind to me…?” I whispered brokenly. “I’m just… I’m just a weak Beta's wife… I’m nothing, Conan…” His jaw tightened, his wolf snarling in silent rage at my words. “Don’t ever say that again,” he growled softly, his voice shaking with quiet fury. “You are not weak. You are not nothing. You are… the strongest person I have ever known.” My heart thudded painfully in my chest. Stop it, I told myself. Don’t let yourself feel… don’t…

"Emotions are petty and fickle, Liam. Never let them drive you. Goals are what drives a man. That is true strength." "If it means being anything like you, I'll pass," I gritted out. "And you're wrong. Strength isn’t about tearing others down to build yourself up. It’s about protecting what’s yours. What you did wasn’t strength, Ronan. It was cowardice.” "Believe what you want, Liam. But the fact remains, you’re here, and I’m the one in control. You can cling to your ideals, they won’t save you. No one will." He said.

I have to be strong. With one last roar, I charged again. As our bodies collided, I felt the sheer force of his strength pressing down on me. Every nerve in my body screamed in protest, the pain from my shoulder and side merging into a haze of agony. But I couldn’t give in. I wouldn’t. In a final, desperate move, I brought all my remaining strength into one last attack. I aimed for his throat, my teeth bared, fueled by the love for my family. This was it. Either I would win, or I would lose everything.

I could hear the Zargans speaking anxiously as this fight got more serious by the second. “Overpower!” He shouted as he became even stronger. “I may be cocky but at least my mother wanted me! I wasn’t just thrown away like rubbish!” I knew that his strength was amped up so any physical punches he landed on me were going to be very painful. Oh boy. Those punches are really gonna hurt!