Zeraphine’s Choice

Lara waited silently as she began to rise to the top of the sea. She had even prepared to give the orders for the Pioneers serving under her and considered doing a personal check on all of those serving under her.

She was scared. For the first time in a long time, she was scared.

Her father was very strict and did everything to ensure that she would become smart and well-prepared. But no matter how hard she tried, her father never was satisfied. In almost every situation that she thought she would make her father proud, it turned into criticism over the smallest details that she missed. It was later that her father ridiculed her to force her to move here. 

But now she understood.

"This is the fear that dad kept feeling…" Lara reflected.