"Now, just aim for the target." Mr. Argent instructed.
Lydia concentrated her strength. She let the anger in brew inside her before releasing the arrow.
"Goddamn it, Lydia, it wasn't a mountain lion!" her mother's voice echoed in her head.
The sight of a weak and battered Derek stayed tattooed to her brain. The pre-divorce fights of her parents replayed themselves with every shot, each one stronger than the last. Afterwhile, she forgot what she was fighting for.
"Lydia! Calm down." Mr. Argent said trying to restrain Lydia from realeasing the last bow.
"This is my last one. Just one more shot, Chris."
"No, Lydia. That's enough for today."
"It's never enough! When are you hair brained people going to understand that I'll never be enough! I don't have what you have. I don't have a family. All I want is the power to control my own life. Marry whomever I want. Love and create my own family! To choose my own place. I want to pave my own path, not to walk the one paved for me. If this arrow is the only thing I can control in my life, then I'm going to fire it."
"Lydia, listen to me, I-"
"No, Chris, I'm done listening!"
She fired the last arrow and set it to spark when it hit the bark. The arrow caused an impalcable fire. She gaspedin nothing but smoke. She could hear many voices in her head. Her mother's, Jackson's, Mr. Argent's, Derek's, and her own. The last figure she had seen, was Derek breaking through the fire coming to save her.
"I'll never let it happen again," she heard him whisper.
"Never."
