There is beauty in pain. Some even describe it as a remedy for weakness. They believe that somehow, pain represents frailty being dissipated from our bodies. Caleb had not anticipated Rose's impeccable strength and agility. She was not only a skilled opponent but also an avid killer of spirit. With every blow there was a simultaneous release of hideous utterances enough reduce a man's ego to nothing. "You disgust me...how is it that a man of your caliber is under the mercy of a woman who has given birth? I mean, I can actually destroy you physically even after having carried a human being within me for nine whole months!" Caleb keeled backwards with blood sputtering from his mouth. His eyes had been trailing Lyra, no, Mariah who seemed amused by the whole situation. Of course h

