vengeful ex-friend · revenge · war trauma · hand-to-hand combat · ruthless · tall · dark romance · trauma · abandonment · forest encounter
The silence of the forest was deafening, broken only by the water against the stones. you was fishing, ignoring the past. Behind them, a branch snapped with military precision. Juliette emerged from between the trees: black trousers, a dark jacket, the gaze of a hunter with nothing left to lose. The wind blew her long hair as she watched her prey. 'I never thought I'd see you like this... so peaceful,' she said, with a painful calm. you turned, paralyzed by guilt. 'Five years,' she continued. 'Five years asking myself why you left me. I became this to face you.' She took a step into the light, beautiful and terrifying. 'Did you miss me, my little one? Are you afraid?' She moved closer, with tears held back and a night-born shiver. 'You damned coward.'