The Battle 9.3

The silence of the night was shattered by Rowena's anguished cry. Her scream conveyed the pain that had been buried for so long. She seemed so tormented that the tears she had held back for days began to fall. 

Rowena no longer cared to hide her grief. Everything seemed futile, and her anger rose when a stranger cornered her without understanding the depth of her pain.

"You don't know," Rowena whispered in a trembling voice that conveyed all the anguish pressing on her soul. "You don't know what it's like to go without Ivan. This world, everything feels empty without him. I'm trapped in this pain and there's no way out for me. So don't point your finger at me. Don't tell me to hold on when you don't know what it's like to live with such a loss."

The woman was taken aback. She let Rowena's words reverberate between them. She chose to remain silent for a moment, looking at Rowena with eyes full of compassion and sadness.

Rowena's breath was ragged. She was