Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest

Chapter 781  Chapter 180.5 - Confontration, but girls

"You can fight me all you want. But eventually, you'll see. You'll come to me. Because without me… you'll lose everything. Him included." 
Maya's trembling fingers slowly loosened their grip on the edge of the bed as her breathing steadied. The suffocating silence in the room gave way to the quiet hum of her thoughts. Her mind replayed the voice's words, each one sharp and cruel, but they weren't entirely baseless. 
The voice wasn't wrong—it wasn't entirely right either—but it had struck at truths she hadn't wanted to confront. The realization gnawed at her, forcing her to reflect on everything that had brought her here, to this moment. 
Her confrontation with Irina. 
Her faltering resolve. 
Her failure to stand firm. 
And then, amidst the chaos of her thoughts, a memory surfaced—calm and steady, like a ripple in still water. 
"Your vampiric part is also a part of yourself. It is not a weakness necessarily." 
The words were Astron's, spoken with his characteristic composure, as if they were the simplest truth in the world. 
Maya's breath hitched as the memory settled over her, soothing the raw edges of her mind. She could almost hear his voice, feel the weight of his words grounding her. 
'I see,' she thought, her lips parting slightly. 
Her gaze drifted to her hands, the faint crescent-shaped marks on her palms from her clenched fists serving as a stark reminder of her struggles. But now, those marks felt less like symbols of failure and more like proof of something greater—her resilience. 
Her vampiric side, the part of her she had fought so hard to suppress, wasn't just an adversary. It wasn't just a threat. It was her. 
The chaos, the hunger, the raw instincts—it wasn't weakness. It was strength, untamed and misunderstood. 
'We're not opposites,' Maya realized, her heart steadying. 'We'r