Everly POV
There are no winners in a war. Either way, somebody loses, and even the winners lose. They lose friends, family, humanity, and themselves. We won the battle, but no one wins the war because no one walks away the same after witnessing such c*****e, such loss, and it always ends in grief.
Grief shows you how valuable life is but also how cruel life is. It shows you the darkness of losing someone. Then it shows you the light in appreciating others more. You realize how precious life is but also how short life can be. You learn how torturous it can be when you lose someone you couldn't imagine living without, but somehow you do. Somehow, you're still breathing even when the pain of grief is so intense you believe it will kill you and sometimes wish it would just, so you don't have
