Wilted Rose

"Who we are and who we need to be to survive are two different things." She starred into his eyes, daring him to argue, "You had a warm bed and fifteen servants waiting on you hand and foot. I had the ground and no safety. So if I had to kill to eat the next day, so be it." And with that, Elliot watched as the light went out in his eyes as she stabbed him in the heart.