Dark Aggression by Brooke Reed

Jen:
My burning rage is what keeps me warm at night.
I’m mad because they ripped me away from the world I knew.
I’m mad because they tried to control me–to use me as a resource.
And I’m mad because they won’t stop trying to do it to me all over again.
But most of all, I’m mad because I have one of my enemies within knife’s reach and I cannot bring myself to act.

Trell:
Everything has been taken from me.
My world, my people, my family–all gone.
I am at the mercy of those I sought to wrong. And a single word will bring me the sweet release of death.
But I do not want to die.
Quite the opposite, I want to live for many years to come.
And it is all because of her.
If she is to be mine, it will all be worth it.