Outside the Box

"I... I can't," Rudy replied with a heavy sigh, his voice filled with reluctance.

He came from a lineage of hunters; both his grandfather and father were esteemed members of the hunting community in Summit City, known as heroes in their own right. 

They had never abandoned their comrades, even after getting injuries that left them disabled. 

But, they did not had any regrets, knowing they fought for the sake of humanity. 

Cyntia's eyes filled with sadness after hearing Rudy's response, and she felt conflicted. 

Rudy was a man of honor, commitment, and kindness—qualities that had drawn her to him in the first place. 

But she needed him alive.

In a world already filled with heroes willing to die, what she truly needed was him by her side, alive and well.