chapter 11- THE FINAL ACT

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Chapter 11 - The End

The room was quiet, as it had been for months. Liliana lay motionless in her bed, her body still, but her mind wide awake. The sunlight filtered through the curtains, casting a soft glow over her face. She could feel the warmth, but it didn’t bring her comfort. Her body was regaining some strength, slowly, painfully, but that didn’t matter anymore. It was too little, too late.

For days, Liliana had felt the faint stirrings of movement in her limbs, the first signs that her paralysis might be ending. It should have been a cause for hope, for joy even. But to her, it felt like nothing more than a cruel reminder. A reminder that life, even in its smallest form, was slipping away from her. She hadn’t asked for this. She hadn’t asked to be trapped in a body that no longer obeyed her, nor had she asked to be betrayed by the two people she had loved most.

The guilt in their eyes, the apologies they’d offered—none of it could heal the wound they’d inflicted. Ethan and Reign, the people who had once been her closest friends, had shattered something deep inside her. The betrayal wasn’t just physical; it was emotional, irreversible. Their affair, hidden behind smiles and care, had been a quiet storm, slowly eroding the bond they once shared. And now, they were desperate for forgiveness, but Liliana didn’t know how to forgive them. She didn’t even know if she wanted to.

Liliana had waited for the moment when she would finally regain control, when her body would remember what it was like to move again. But now that it was happening, she felt nothing but emptiness. She knew it was time to make a choice. A choice that she had been quietly contemplating for months.

The choice wasn’t about ending her life because of the pain or the betrayal. It was about peace. Peace from a world that had become too cruel, too suffocating. She didn’t want to continue living in a body that had turned into a prison. She didn’t want to keep pretending that everything would be okay when it never would be. The betrayal had cut too deep, and though they tried, Ethan and Reign could never truly understand the depths of the wound they had caused.

As the sun set and the room grew dimmer, Liliana closed her eyes. She felt her limbs, slowly regaining their strength, but she didn’t react. There was no joy in it, no relief. She had made her decision long ago, and now, in this quiet room, she could finally feel the weight of it lift.

With a soft exhale, her fingers twitched. A brief moment of movement, but no longer a sign of hope. It was the final sign. The end had come.

The choice had been made. And in that silence, Liliana found her peace.

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