Chronic no longer described her illness. It described the threat woven into her life. Ongoing. Persistent. Unrelenting.
She locked her doors and sat on the floor with her back against the couch, staring at the dark window. Fear threatened to swallow resolve. But beneath it something else burned.
They had chosen her for vulnerability. They had underestimated her capacity for defiance.
By morning, she had made her decision.
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