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Last Resort"Flora! Behind!" Adrian's voice cuts through the menaces from the spattered sounds of gunshot to the thunderous explosion of shells.In a just-in-time reflex, she wheeled around to be able to crouch from that bullet as it whipped around her shoulder; buckling and started going down with hardly any more time when suddenly Adrian got him behind the ruin, exhaled breathing so hoarse:"Damn it, Adrian," she spat, clutching her bleeding shoulder with one hand, trying to steady herself using the other."I'm not going to let you die, not while I still can do something about it." His voice came gruff yet unyielding, his gaze still fixed on the battlefield as his eyes watched every movement with military precision."Then let me do something," she flashed, her voice quivering with anger and pain. "You are not the only one to protect us-you know.For an instant, his eyes softened before hardening all over again. "I am not here because of some heroic moment, Flora," he returned, voice
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A New Beginning-or the End?"You're leaving?" Adrian's voice was barely above a whisper, as if he couldn't quite believe the words himself. He stood at the edge of the campfire, its shadows dancing across his face, his eyes searching hers for an answer that seemed impossible.Flora did not know how long she sat staring into the fire, the crackling flames offering no comfort, no answers. The moment weighed upon her, and words that had swum in her head broke free.“I don’t know what I’m supposed to do anymore, Adrian.” She looked up, meeting his gaze. His presence was both comforting and suffocating all at once. He had always been there, always. But now… it felt different. "I can't keep holding on to something that doesn't make sense anymore."He didn't say anything right away. The silence stretched between them, thick and suffocating. Adrian looked like he wanted to say something, but the words wouldn't come. He was a man of action, always. But this. this was different."You don't have
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Shifting Allegiances“You’re really going through with this, aren’t you?”Rhea’s voice was flat, but Flora knew her well enough to catch the turnabout of concern.She did not look up from strapping the cutter to her ham." I don’t have important of a choice.”Rhea folded her arms, leaning against the essence frame of Flora’s bunk. “Bull. There’s always a choice.”Flora exhaled hard, securing the last swatch before she stood. She met Rhea's aspect, unblinking." Not this time."The barracks were silent except for the rare shuffle of thrills outside the roof. utmost of the unit had formerly geared up, staying for orders. The charge brief had come in clear- neutrality the target, recoup the stolen data, get out. Simple on paper. But Flora knew better than to believe in" simple.".And also, there was Adrian.Rhea's eyes did not waver." This is not just about the charge, is it?"Flora turned down, fussing with her vest." Does it count?"" You tell me."There was a stretch of silence between
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The Betrayal"You feel that?" Rhea's voice was a whisper, barely carried over the quiet hum of the forest.Flora tightened her grip on her rifle. Yeah, she felt it. That gnawing sensation in her gut, the one that always meant something was about to go wrong. The mission was too quiet. Too smooth. And that never lasted."Stay sharp," she muttered, glancing at Adrian, who was moving up ahead.His face was unreadable, but she knew him well enough to recognize the tension in his jaw. He felt it, too.Their team was creeping toward the stronghold's perimeter, the towering structure barely visible through the thick trees. The plan was simple-get in, retrieve the stolen intel, get out before the enemy knew they were there. But when had anything ever gone according to plan?The earpiece in Flora's ear crackled. "All units in position," a low voice murmured.Adrian gave a curt signal, and the team forged ahead, melting between the shadows. Ghosts in the dark, silent and efficient. Two steps be
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CrossroadsThe fire was low in its pit, just dying embers which were throwing flickering shadows around camp. The tension of it permeated the atmosphere-it was in everyone's hair.Flora sat cross-armed on a log, staring across at the man opposite her. Adrian loitered near the edge of camp, his shoulders tense, hands buried deep in his pockets. He wasn't really there-not in the way it counted. His mind was elsewhere, somewhere darker."Adrian," she said, her tone even.He didn't turn.She huffed through her nose, trying to keep down the frustration. "You can't just keep pushing me away.""I'm not," he muttered, but there was no weight behind it.Flora's fingers curled into fists. "Then what do you call this?"A beat of silence. Then, finally, he turned. His face was unreadable, his expression carved from stone. "I call it handling things.""Dealing with it," she echoed flatly. "Right. Because shutting everyone out and brooding in the dark is such a solid plan."His jaw tightened, but h
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The Choice“You’re thinking too loud.”Flora barely looked up from the map. Adrian stood at the entrance of the tent, arms crossed, his sharp gaze scanning her face. He wasn’t wrong. Her thoughts had been screaming at her all night.“I didn’t know thinking had a volume,” she muttered, tracing her finger along the route they were supposed to take tomorrow. Another mission. Another fight. Another step deeper into a war she wasn’t sure she wanted to be a part of anymore.Adrian walked in, the flap of the tent closing behind him. He stood there for a moment, silent. Then, “You’re gonna leave, aren’t you?”Flora froze.She should’ve expected that. Adrian had always been able to read her too well, even when she didn’t want him to. She sighed, finally looking up at him. “I don’t know.”His jaw tensed. “That’s not a no.”Flora rubbed her temples. “It’s not a yes, either.”Adrian exhaled, running a hand through his hair. “You’re tired.”“Of course I’m tired.” She scoffed, shaking her head. “Ar
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A Perilous Alliance"You sure about this?"Flora shot Adrian a glare. "It's a little late to be asking that, don't you think?"He exhaled sharply, his fingers tightening around the hilt of his knife. "Doesn't mean I can't still question the wisdom of walking straight into an ambush."Besides them, their so-called allies were already moving ahead, figures draped in dark cloaks, slipping through the underbrush like ghosts. Flora didn't trust them. Not even a little. But right now, it was not an option. They needed this alliance no matter how uneasy it made her.Adrian must have sensed her tension because he leaned in enough that his voice reached her ear. "If things go sideways-"I know," she cut in, "Stay close. Watch my back."A beat of silence. Then, softly, "Always."She wouldn't let that word settle.Instead, she fixed her attention on the task before them, her grip sure on the hilt of her dagger as they moved forward toward the enemy encampment.The camp sprawled out below them, a
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The Final TestThe air was hazy with smoke and blood.Flora cleaned her blade against her sleeve, breathing hard and fast. Bodies littered the ground around her-some still twitching, others unnervingly still. The battle had been a mess from the very beginning. Now, they were down to the last stretch, but the odds weren't in their Favor."On your left!" Adrian's voice cut through the chaos.She spun around just in time to duck, the bullet grazing her shoulder, making her stagger. She didn’t have time to react before Adrian was there, pulling her down behind the rubble, his breath coming out in ragged gasps.Adrian was already moving, sword a blur of motion as he sliced through the other opponent. They had worked together long enough by now; words were sparse. A look, a shift in stride—a look sufficed.But it wasn't survival anymore.At least, it wasn't with him.Neither with her.Adrian snagged her wrist and pulled her behind him at the very last moment, so an arrow could whistle past
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General Smith" Flora, you've come a long way from those dark days," Captain Morales blatted, shaking Flora's hand roundly in the packed form hall. The voices around her, pigmented with pride and respect, had a soft hum of congratulations.Flora's eyes sparkled as she spoke," Thank you, Captain. I still flash back every moment of pain that led me then, every rejection that I made into a assignment."Lieutenant Hernandez stepped forward, his tone humorless, “ They say you’ve earned every scar, every difficulty. Today, you’re not just Flora — you’re General Smith, a name that carries both your father’s heritage and your own strength. ”Flora's smile was sad as she responded," General Smith It sounds strange to say that, because it makes me flash back the man who used to believe I was fated for greatness. But I have come to realize that my worth is n't defined by his dreams only. I have had to fight every day to forge my own fortune."Marissa, who was standing near by, said vocally," You
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The Making Of A Legend" Flora, that initiative moment — did you notice how you insulated the adversary's hand?" Captain Morales's voice chimed out across the drill grounds as the rookies gathered latterly, their chatter a combination of wonder and admiration.Flora, her own breathing heavy with exertion, replied," I did, Captain. I had no other choice; they were each over our reverse. I just. I heeded to my gut. I was n't going to let fear take over." Her voice was a subconscious shudder of vulnerability laced with unvarying determination.Lieutenant Hernandez, who stood near with a nod of pride, said," Your politic choices saved us further than formerly today. I have fought in battles where vacillation would have been defeat, but you you fought like a stager."Flora smiled weakly," Thank you, sir. Every choice out then's a step down from who I used to be a step toward who I am supposed to come."A fellow novitiate, Carlos, fitted between breaths, “ I’ve noway seen anyone command the
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The Crucible" Flora, stay! You are not giving up yet, are you?" Lieutenant Hernandez's bellow pierced the chaos of the battleground, his voice coarse and constricted with anxiety.Flora, her breathing ragged and her body pulsing with prostration, replied between heaving breaths," I — I am not done, sir. I will not let this master me." Her voice, while strained, was with fierce determination that was communicated to everyone within her vicinity." Each alternate out then's a test," Captain Morales said, stepping near to examine the wounded novitiate." And you, Flora, you are proving to me you've got what it takes. But look at you — your strength is on the edge."Flora jounced her head, clinging her fists as if to actually pull herself together." I flash back my father saying to me,' In the blaze of conflict, true strength is tempered.' Today, I feel that fire blazing inside me. I'll not let these injuries define me; I'll crop from every crack."A dogface standing hard, Carlos, who was
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Battles and Improvements" Flora, did you see what happed out there?" Lieutenant Hernandez's voice was low and laced with admiration as he stood against a roughly sculpted wall near the barracks.Flora, mopping perspiration from her forepart with a bent spark in her eyes, answered," I did, and I will not pretend it did n't — that experience shook me to my veritably core. But every second on the battleground only served to reaffirm something I've a place then, at the center of the struggle."Captain Morales, who had been watching the training drills from a distance, came up with a voice that was part admiration and part challenge." You've worked harder than all of us, Flora. moment, during the politic drills, you turned what sounded to be a losing battle into an exercise of sheer fortitude. How do you keep that fire burning?"Flora's voice quivered with both fatigue and passion." With each fall, I flash back each time that I was informed that I was but a shadow of what I could be. I fl
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Into The Fray" Flora, you sure you are ready for this?" Coach Ramirez's low voice boomed across the training field as she stepped onto the hot sun- drenched lawn, her eyes fixed out toward the horizon." I am ready," Flora replied forcefully, her voice steady indeed though her body was tired to the bone." I have come too far to turn back now."" Every day then's a struggle," intruded Sergeant Morales, clapping her on the shoulder." This is n't training it's surviving. Can you survive?"Flora squared her shoulders." I can, Morales. I have learned that pain is just another schoolteacher. And I am then to learn."When the drill began, Flora moved among the other rookies, her voice furnishing stimulant when one of them faltered." Keep it up, Carlos! You are stronger than you suppose."Carlos blew out in exasperation," I do not know how you do it, Flora. Every rep feels like a struggle against your own limits."Flora smiled gently," It's a struggle, Carlos. And every time I crop victorio
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A Call To Arms" I heard you came to a decision, Flora," Marissa rumored in huddles at a small living room, a distant hum of a television on the fringe slightly audible above their heaving breaths.Flora's voice was stern, but her words quivered with the residual pain." Yes, Marissa. My father's final words resound in my mind every time I close my eyes. He told me to struggle, to reclaim honor from the ashes of our downfall. I can no longer live as a alternate to the pack's will. I've to make my own fortune.".Marissa frowned," But the public werewolf army? That is a whole different ball game, Flora. Are you sure you want to join a battleground for vengeance and honor?Flora peered her straight in the eye," I am sick of the muted agony. I am sick of feeling bitsy and insignificant underneath the intolerable burden of treason. Every day then reminds me of what I've lost — of the life I was deprived of by incuriosity and casualness. I must be where I can fight back, where I can eventual
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A Father's Woeful Demise" Flora, run — there's been a extremity at the sanitarium!" Marissa cried in a pulsing hurry as she nearly dragged Flora out of the small safehouse door.Flora's blood was pounding in her ears." What's it? What passed?" she was suitable to query, her own voice no further than a soft tale, laden with call.Marissa's bright, encouraging eyes were veiled in gashes." It's your father I looked out and there was a crowd of people. They are yelling, and someone said he is getting beaten up by a mob. Flora, I am so sorry."" Beaten?" Flora's voice shook, a mix of disbelief and a deep, eating fear." No it can not be.".While contending down the avenue, Marissa rumored constantly," They're at St. Joseph's Hospital. I heeded to the temptress of the ambulance and heard the cries. You need to see him."In the corridor of the sanitarium, uneasiness prevailed heavy and mutters filled the terrain. Malik, a tired- looking nurse, approached them." Are you Flora? There's an exig
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Consequences Unleashed" What have you done, Flora?" Malik's voice cut through the angry hum as he had her backed into the salon doorway. His tone was sharp, eyes narrowed in unbelief.Flora's reply was cold," I did what was demanded, Malik. Alice would n't leave anyone in peace, and now see what she does.".Across the room, a low moan erupted as Alice gripped her side, her face blench from the impact. “ You — Flora, you’ve gone too far this time, ” she whizzed, staggering as she tried to undergird herself against a counter.“ Too far? ” snapped a husky guard, stepping forward. “ You’ve disrespected our pride, and now you’re bleeding on our bottom. ”Alice's voice quivered with wrathfulness," I simply spoke the verity! You know what I said, do not you? I said Flora was nothing but a shadow, a broken oath."There was a murmuration of outrage among the patrons of the salon." That is enough!" a cry came from the reverse, and also voices chimed in with whoops for justice.Flora's eyes bur
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The Salon Incident" Flora, did you see that? I heard someone mention Alice was then again," rumored Jasmine as she shifted the security examiner near the salon door.Flora's reply was tense, her voice kept low," Yes, Jasmine. I know whom you're pertaining to. And I'm not in the mood for her capers moment.".Across the room, Malik, the shift administrator, joined in, “ You sure you’re ready for this, Flora? Alice always knows how to stir trouble. ”Flora’s tone was steely, “ I’ve had enough of her prying and her trim smile. I’m then to cover this place, not to be lowered by her arrogance. ”The frontal door chimed just also as a familiar, mocking voice cut through the noise of exertion." Flora, sweetie pie, is not it? Still playing guard like you always did? How cute."Flora's eyes grew narrower, and she approached the door, her voice refocused and clear," Alice. What do you want? I allowed you'd learned your assignment."Alice's laugh was jingling and pathetic," Oh, Flora, always so
