Confident… Ares had been surprised by my confidence.
He knew that I had managed to survive alone, and that I was a capable person, but he didn’t see me as confident.
I had never struggled with confidence until recently, and it was strange to think that Ares was surprised by the fact I was capable of that.
I had not been an arrogant person, but I had always been confident in my skills and abilities. I knew that there were things I was good at, and I was not meek or submissive even if I did spend most of my time alone.
I hadn’t realized it at the time, but my confidence had been slowly chipped away as I grew more dependent on Luc to provide for me until, eventually, I felt like I was an empty shell of a person who was only there to bring life to the child I was carrying.
I wasn’t myself
