For my friend, who was at the time my only motivation. You are like a brother to me, and I hope with all my heart this situation can get better. Thank you for being there when the words needed to be written :3 This will be my little surprise !
The first bell rings. Blood, sweat, and the beginning of everything. 19 Chapters
The Fighter enters the ring. First blood drawn, first glimpse of the man behind the gloves.
Elena's past surfaces. Old wounds, new threats, and the art that keeps her alive.
Backstage politics. The price of fame and the people who broker it.
Delaney's sanctuary. Music, memories, and the stories that haunt her desk.
Gym sweat and revelations. What happens when the gloves come off.
What the dead leave behind. Delaney's newsroom and the ghosts in her apartment.
Art show preparations. Elena's paintings meet Fighter's discipline.
Delaney digs deeper. Old articles, new connections, dangerous questions.
Art, pizza & pixels. The trio prepares for Elena's exhibition opening.
ORD to CDG. Escape plans formed over pancakes and syrup.
Unread messages & night watches. Elena isolated, Delaney watching.
The exhibition opens. Art meets audience, truth meets consequence.
Training intensifies. The Fighter pushes past his limits.
Elena's first solo show. The art world meets the fight world.
The press wants answers. Delaney wants the truth.
Old wounds between Elena and the Fighter resurface.
Late night talks. Secrets shared under city lights.
A new offer. A difficult choice. Everything changes.
The calm before the storm. Part I finale.
Where canvas meets combat, and stories begin to intertwine. 29 Chapters
Part II begins. New stakes, new players, same bloody ring.
Elena paints the Fighter's portrait. Art imitates life imitates art.
The journalist spins her net. Who will get caught?
A mysterious art buyer appears. Interest in Elena's work raises questions.
Training takes a new turn. Unexpected alliances form.
Behind the canvas. Elena's creative process revealed.
The biggest match yet. Everything on the line.
Celebration turns to confession. Truth spills with the champagne.
Delaney's piece goes live. Fallout begins.
Lawyers, PR teams, and panic. The story has consequences.
The investigation deepens. Relationships strain.
Secrets exposed. Truths that can't be untold.
Everything converges. The art, the blood, the truth.
Halfway through Part II. No turning back now.
Someone turns. Trust becomes a liability.
The final match approaches. Everything at stake.
The bell rings. The dust settles. Nothing is the same.
The truth comes with a cost. Delaney's past collides with her present. 3 Chapters (Ongoing)
The lemon-bleach fumes. Jim Morrison's poster. A sixteen-year-old boy breathing in the ash of her past.
A Walkman, a cassette, and the first time she heard the Lizard King's voice. Where obsession was born.
Viktor's silence in the guest room. The cursor blinks. Delete or publish? Mother or journalist?
The mall. A pretzel. A sketchbook. "You believe in nothing. That is why you are so loud."
Rising star with a quiet intensity. Hides more than he shows, fights more than just opponents.
Painter with a troubled past. Uses canvas to process pain, protects her brother fiercely.
Obsessed with truth, haunted by Jim Morrison. Sees stories where others see people.