The Weight of Freedom
The city lights flickered in the distance as Selene and Eve walked through the quiet streets. Their victory was real, yet the world hadn't stopped to acknowledge it.
Selene had spent years fighting for this moment. For freedom. For justice. For a life that wasn't dictated by Lucian's rules.
Now, that life stretched before her—open, unknown, and for the first time, she wasn't sure what to do with it.
Eve exhaled beside her, her arms crossed tightly over her chest. She had been quiet since they left the facility, lost in her own thoughts.
Selene finally broke the silence. 'Do you think he'll stay locked away?" Eve's gaze flickered. 'I don't know."
Lucian was gone, but his influence lingered. The scars he left—on them, on the city, on everyone he had controlled—wouldn't disappear overnight.
Selene ran a hand through her hair. 'I don't know how to be normal." Eve let out a soft chuckle. 'Normal is overrated."
Selene smirked but didn't argue. She had spent so long surviving that she had never thought about what came after.
Eve stopped walking. Her expression was unreadable. Selene turned to her. 'What?"
Eve hesitated before speaking. 'What happens to us now?" Selene's breath caught.
They had fought together. Bled together. Won together but now, without the fight, what were they?
Eve shifted. 'I don't want to disappear into the world like nothing happened." Selene's heart pounded. 'Neither do I."
The weight of everything pressed between them. There was no more war. No more Lucian. No more reasons to stay side by side except for one.
Selene exhaled. 'We figured it out. Together."Eve studied her for a long moment before nodding. 'Together."
Selene smiled, for the first time in a long time, the future didn't feel like a battle. It felt like a beginning and she was ready to take that first step.