---- Chapter 323 Lift your back higher! Don't stop till you reach me! Tlis voice was coarse like gravel, grinding under a boot and IT held my head high, moving forward.

Each inch forward felt like a mile, like I was fighting against a dozen of tides desperate to pull me into the ocean But I couldn't submit.

I couldn't give up.

That's not why I am here.

My fingers dig into the dirt, clawing through it as I forced myself forward Sweat dribbled down my temple to reach my chin and drop on the ground.

Leaving a dampened trail behind.

The weight of the rock pressing down on me was constant, eager to bury me into the ground and take me whole.

---- eee Tt wanted to shatter my spine.noveldrama

My courage.

My resolve.

But I fought.

Against the weight, against gravity, against that pride shining in his green eyes.

He will fail.

He has messed with the wrong woman.

I will bloody make him kneel to me one day, I swear! T take another step forward and the ache in my body was relentless, spreading into every inch of my skin like a wildfire taking up an entire forest.

My muscles were screaming in protest, begging me to give up but I don't let a single plea or whimper escape my lips.

look up and his combat shoes were still far away, looking impossibly distant.

And [hear his words of mockery echo around me.

Tf that weight is too much, maybe you don't belong here, Robin.

---- Only hollow shells crack under some weight.

He isnt the one who decides that.

I don't fucking need his validation to know my worth.

My knees and arms scraped against the rough earth as I push myself another feet forward.

Icould feel the blood dripping down, leaving a trail of red behind for everyone to see.

T don't remember how long I continued to struggle Only minutes may have passed but it felt like days and soon I find my body betraying my mind.

I feel my legs tremoring, ready to topple me, and my arms ready to snap under the weight.

But then another voice pushes me up, encouraging me to continue.

You can do it human.

We are anything but weak.

My wolves voice was the last voice I expected to encourage me.

I thought she doesn't like me but in ---- os the end we both know.

We are together in this and all the battles in our lives.

I bit down on the pain to repeat just one thing to myself.

You can do it, Zariyan.

You can do this.

You cant submit, especially with him watching Soon I find myself just few feet away from those combat boots of his.

A little more Zariyan.

A little more.

Come on.

A deadly silence was surrounding us, no one dared to even speak.

Let alone move.

I feel everyone eyes on me, yet my eyes were just locked on those combat shoes.

Last step Yes.

I couldn't believe it.

I was so close.

My grit and