Novel-novel oleh V.Peace

•Chapter 1 – The Silence Before the StormJames had grown comfortable with silence.Not the peaceful kind that wrapped around you like a warm blanket, but the hollow kind the kind that echoed in rooms filled with unspoken words and half-lived truths. The kind of silence that reminded you just how far you’d drifted from where you started.It had been six months since he last prayed. Not for lack of faith at least that’s what he told himself but because prayer had become a mirror. And James couldn’t stand to look anymore.He sat on the edge of his bed, the morning sun stretching shadows across his bedroom floor. His apartment was clean, sleek, and cold -all glass and minimalism, like a showroom designed for someone with better emotional health. On his nightstand lay his Bible, untouched. Covered in a thin layer of dust. Right next to it was a letter.It had arrived two days ago. No stamp. No return address. Just his name written in gold ink across thick ivory paper and sealed with wax a

Chapter 1 – The Beginning of EverythingJosephine’s POVThe summer sun cast golden streaks across the campus lawn, painting the world in a soft, almost dreamlike hue. Everything felt suspended in warmth except my heart.I remember that day like it was sealed in my skin.Kenneth was standing across the courtyard, a book tucked beneath his arm, his white button down sleeves rolled up just enough to show the curve of his forearms. He wasn’t doing anything special just laughing with his friends but something about him. it reached through my ribs and pulled.I had seen him around campus before third year political science, one of those guys every girl whispered about but none could really figure out. The ones with wounds in their eyes and fire in their smiles. The kind that stayed with you in your sleep.But that day was different. That day, he looked at me.And I looked back.He approached me like the world had