Taking a step of faith was always much harder than moving on with one's routine. A routine had become a pattern, and a pattern was something unbreakable, it was a dangerous series that created an addictive habit.
In the place of Lily, the physical abuse by her stepfather had only started as a stunt. it had grown and become a habit as time went by. Once it started there is no way that they could stop it. they were addicted to it. to beating her up and seeing how venerable she was. they were addicted to the submission. to the way she never stood against them and how weak she always was. they were addicted to the magic of watching her bones and injuries heal just so they could inflict some more.
Her stepfathers had become Barbarians, nothing short of monsters.
