Chapter: CXL - The Ending They DeserveThe spring breeze drifted through the open windows, bringing with it the scent of damp earth and freshly bloomed flowers. Outside, life moved slowly: falling leaves, returning birds, soft clouds dissolving into a harmless blue sky. But inside, in that house without secret hallways or locked rooms, a different kind of silence reigned. A full silence.Amalia walked barefoot on the light wood floor, wearing a white shirt that had once belonged to Maddox. It was too big, slipped off one shoulder, and its sleeves still held the warmth of the previous night. The fabric smelled like home.The house was new. Not a mansion, not a hideout, not a battlefield. It was a place with clean walls, open books, and comfortable sofas, where every object had been chosen with intention. Where fear didn’t exist.Dax was asleep on the couch, one arm over his eyes, the other hanging toward the floor. He wore a wrinkled black T-shirt, bare feet, mouth slightly open. He hadn’t gone to bed. He stayed up watching
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Chapter: CXXXIX - Love as HomeLev’s soft, restrained cry broke the calm of dawn.Max sat up immediately, his paternal instinct already rooted like a seed in fertile soil. She was sitting on the edge of the bed, hands on her belly, her face pale, lips tense, but her eyes glowing with a mixture of fear and excitement."Is it time?" he asked, gently cupping her face.Lev nodded with a shaky breath."Yes… I think it's happening."No more words were needed. In less than a minute, Max wrapped her in a blanket, grabbed the hospital bag they had prepared weeks ago, and helped her down the stairs calmly. But his hands were trembling. His voice, too, though he tried to sound firm."Everything's going to be fine. I promise," he whispered, not sure if he was speaking to her or himself.In the car, while he drove her to the hospital, Lev took his hand and laced her fingers with his."Thank you for staying," she said in a faint voice, and in that moment, Max knew he could never have done anything else. His home was no longer a
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Chapter: CXXXVIII - Out Loud PromisesThe morning woke with a different air, as if the entire world was holding its breath before gifting them a perfect moment.In the garden of the new house, the soft breeze caressed the white tablecloths, the wildflowers in glass jars, and the warm lights hanging from the trees. There were no crowds, no flashes, no extravagant ceremony. Just family, friends, and a small bubble of happiness carefully woven after so much pain.Amalia looked at her reflection in the mirror with a mix of disbelief and peace. Her dress was simple, with thin straps and a flow that slid like water over her skin. Nothing too white, nothing too elaborate. It was her: free, confident, beautiful without asking for permission."Ready?" asked June from the door, a trembling smile on her lips."Never been more," Amalia replied, turning toward her.Kari appeared behind her with a flower crown and gently placed it on her head. Lev, her belly now clearly rounded, stepped forward and took her hand."You're not walking al
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Chapter: CXXXVII - Love Without Chains, Love Without FearThe table was made of light wood, unadorned.A single sheet in the center. Four copies. Four names.And three men who once shared my name.Three men who once took away my freedom—and also taught me how to reclaim it.Max was the first to speak."This isn’t a goodbye between us," he said, his voice soft, warm, like a final breath. "It’s just closure.""I’ve already found what I want. And so have you."His eyes held tenderness, but something deeper too: peace. The kind only those who have forgiven—and been forgiven—can carry.He stepped closer. Took my neck and kissed me.It was a long kiss. Slow. Filled with everything we had been… and what we would no longer be.When he pulled away, he rested his forehead against mine."Be happy, Cusack," he whispered. "Give them the best of you. Like you did with me."Then he signed. His name remained on the paper like one last caress.I didn’t watch him leave. But I heard the door open. And I knew Lev was waiting outside, like a promise fulfilled.D
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Chapter: CXXXVI - New Names for a New LifeThe clinic room was silent, broken only by the echo of a tiny heart beating strong and clear on the monitor. Max didn’t move. His warm fingers wrapped around Lev’s like they were something sacred."Do you hear it?" she whispered, eyes shining."Yes," he said, his voice breaking with tenderness. "Like the world finally makes sense."Lev didn’t cry, but her eyes spoke for her. Max leaned in and kissed her forehead. There was something different about him now. He wasn’t just the protective brother or the heir to a broken family. He was... a man building something new.When they walked out, Max reached out his hand—not to help her walk, but as a symbol."Come live with me. Today. Not as a guest. Not as a ‘let’s see what happens.’ I want this to be our home. The first of many."Lev looked at him in silence. Then nodded."Yes. I want to start over... with you."And in that white hallway, surrounded by the scent of disinfectant and hope, Max held her like he was holding his destiny.Amalia c
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Chapter: CXXXV - The Return of Soul SistersThe sound of hurried footsteps interrupted the calm of the morning. Amalia was in the kitchen, pouring herself a coffee, when she heard the front door slam open. For a second, her body tensed. Old instincts. But then a familiar, sharp, trembling voice screamed her name."Amalia!"The cup fell to the floor. She didn’t care. She ran.And at the end of the hallway, like pulled from a lost dream, June and Kari were there. With backpacks, messy hair, eyes full of tears. Alive. They were alive.Amalia didn’t think. She hugged them both with a sob caught in her chest, as if time was rewinding."I thought you were dead," she whispered, voice breaking. "I looked for you. I mourned you.""We thought you wouldn’t make it out of that house either," June replied, her laugh mixing with tears. "But look at you. Look at who you are now."Kari didn’t speak. She just held onto Amalia as if she were afraid to let go and lose her again.The scene was silent, intimate, sacred. And when Lev arrived, her be
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Chapter: 7"Amy, honey," she said in her high-pitched voice like an insistent ringing in my ears and left the two women following her like lapdogs to give her a hug from the position I was in.I watched her through the mirror and smiled softly, not too forcibly, so as not to give her the wrong ideas."Gwen, hi.""I saw you a while ago, you bumped into someone, didn't you," she leaned against the sink, as her minions entered the bathroom."Yeah, some idiot who wasn't watching where he was going," she denied and smiled."You don't change, do you, maybe they bumped into each other for a reason," she lifted the men."You sound like Lucas," I rolled my eyes."And maybe he's right, you are very lonely even though you hang out with men. And not just any men, right," he gave me a meaningful look, but I couldn't qu
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Chapter: 6"I think I'm going to start going to that gym they mention so much on social media. People say it's really good and no one regrets it after going," I heard Evan say as I walked him towards the university's soccer stadium, since he had practice and at some point I would have to give the poor guy some attention. We were crossing the long corridors of the university, watching the students chatting among themselves and others entering their respective classes that morning. "What gym are you talking about," I asked curiously. I wasn't a fan of exercise and had never really encouraged myself to do a daily routine, or keep to a set diet. The next day I would forget that I had a commitment to my body and would end up giving in to the idea of fitness. It wasn't part of me. However, it was curious that people had no regrets about going to such a popular gym. Surely the fee would cost you an arm and a leg in cases like that. "The one several blocks from here, the one the crazy psychos were
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Chapter: 5"Hello," Lucas jumped into my lap after finding me sitting on the university campus; I liked that about her, that she had green spaces where students could spend the time they had in short time before their next classes. Some had to stay early in the morning and took advantage of the space to share with their classmates.I smiled and gave him space to lie down on the tree he had taken, fortunately, since they usually always occupied the shade and it was not very pleasant to stay under the sun while it was hiding."Were you able to hand in the pending work you had," I asked and let go of the cell phone where I had lost myself for a moment from reality."Yes, you're my hero, Amy," he replied, before giving me a tight hug and I just thought of that word.""Heroine," said the guy I had helped, catching me off guard, as he wrapped his free arm around me and attached me to his body completely."It was that manly built man too much for my eyes, who had caught the attention of all the women p
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Chapter: 4"Hi!" jumped into my lap Lucas, after finding me sitting on the university campus; I was pleased about that, that it had green spaces where students could spend the time they had in short order before their upcoming classes. I smiled and gave him room to lie down on the tree I had taken, fortunately, since they usually always occupied the shade and it was not very pleasant to stay under the sun while it was hiding. "Did you already manage to hand in the pending work you had?" I asked and let go of the cell phone where I had lost myself for a moment from reality. "Yes, you're my hero, Amy," he replied, before giving me a tight hug and I just thought of that word. It was that manly built man too much for my eyes, who had caught the attention of all the women present by his great bearing and the way he could make you fall for his game of looks.
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Chapter: 3I went up to the second floor and sat on one of the puffs there, probably orange, since I was not very aware of what was going on around me. Only that amount of alcohol was enough to get me ready for the night; I was terrible at drinking and anything went down like a bucket of water.A few meters away from me, they were having a shots competition and there were two men, each at one end of the table. There was the blond guy that I recognized, he was the famous Matt, quarterback of the soccer team and in front of him there was another one that caught my attention; his hair was in gray tones, almost black and his eyes were also black. His hair wasn't long enough to cover his eyebrows, but the furtive look he was sending to the green-eyed guy froze me in place.I'd never seen him around college before, if I had, I probably would have remembered him. Besides the fact that he was good at remembering faces, he had a look that could leave you in your place and that strange gleam in his eyes m
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Chapter: 2"Amy!" someone shouted, after the door burst open and the sound of wood impacting the loud wall startled me."Good grief," I turned around, after throwing all my books on the floor, why my hands were more concerned about protecting me from the crazy person who came like a deranged person into the room, "Lucas Fowler, damn it, you scared me half to death!"I complained angrily to my friend, who came in surprise to the place where I was; I slipped into an empty room to organize my books, since I had just been able to buy them when the bank released the money that I had stupidly established to buy my supplies for the next semester.I never imagined that in less than a week I was going to end up in economic disgrace because the second person I gave to survive had been vetoed from the only job she knew how to do and now she could not get a job, because she was already too old.I had to spend the money for my supplies and books needed for my careers, to at least survive for a season with uti
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