68 - Under the starry sky

Death was something no person could ever escape from. The reality of people who constantly fight to survive, to get a mission done, or sacrifice their own for a greater purpose was harsher than the truth of life itself. Options were not even given, and nobody in the list could dodge death freely as they would’ve wished to.

Naya was the leader of the Midnight Seven. Naturally, her mission was greater than the rest of her group. In fact, she left without explaining her next plan to them. It was her own way of saving the people who didn’t have to do what she should and had to. Her feet were constantly a few steps away from death's door, but that didn't mean she would stop. It was similar to signing a deal with, of pledging your own life on the line - you couldn't really do anything about it but accept it when it comes.

“I am prepared to die,” she always told herself whenever fear crept in her heart in some moments.

Yet, in those moments, she would feel her knees tremble. With clenched