The urge to fight back

Elliana gasped.

Her mind was going in denial. This couldn't happen to her.

So many bad things happened to her. She has taken the physical abuse to a level where the thought of dying looked like a better option, and she would've done so if not for her will to live and find her mother, and ask why she left her in this cursed world all alone.

Why did she give birth to her if she didn't want her either and why the hell has she not tried to check on her even once after she practically threw her out of her life? Why didn't she abort her the moment she found out about her?

Elliana has suffered many things.

However, what her stepmother was trying to do topped it all today.