The Journey
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MatureOngoing5m
Last published Tue, Jul 13, 2021
"It's a big world out there." Cas looked Tal deep in the eyes, his face utterly serious. It scared her to see him this concerned, his laughing smile nowhere to be seen.
"I know." she murmured, eyes welling up. She was only 7, only a little girl, but she was smart enough to know what came next. "Do you have to?"
"I'm sorry. I'll find you again, when it's safer." He reassured her.
"You promise?" her tears spilled over onto her cheeks and she clutched his hands tighter, her nails biting into the backs of his hands.
"I promise. And I promise that when I do, I'll never leave you alone ever again." He let go of her hands, and pulled her into a tight hug one last time. Echoing from the distant south came a deep, thundering roar. Lucas let go of her, pulled on his rucksack, and hopped back up the stony cliffside path. "I promise!" he yelled back over his shoulder, and this time Nathalia could see the tears in his eyes too.
"Okay," she nodded, but he was already gone.
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𝐕𝐞𝐝𝐲𝐚: 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞
||𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 - 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬|| "𝐇𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧." "𝐈 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠." 🌙✨ तू जो छू ले प्यार से, आराम से मर जाऊँ आजा, चंदा बाँहों में तुझ में ही गुम हो जाऊँ मैं 🤍🕊️ छुपा भी ना सकेंगे, बता भी ना सकेंगे हुए हैं यूं तेरे , प्यार में पागल पिया 💔🩹 He bleeds in silence. She stitches him with presence. He sees himself as broken pieces. She sees a mosaic full of stories. He wants her to stay away from his darkness. She wants to enlighten his world with her shine. He thinks love must be earned. She makes him believe he deserves it. She fell for him in childhood, oblivious to the storms he silently carried. Years later, when they met again, he fell harder for her, but destiny had other plans. When his past knocked on the door of the present, love shattered, taking them on a journey filled with pain, heartbreak, and sacrifice. This is not just a love story but a path of rebuilding trust that wavers, holding onto hope that persists and choosing love that refuses to give up. Step into their world, where love is a battlefield and hope is the only weapon they have left.
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Unwanted Moments
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