LOGINA Woman's Scorn IIBella stepped closer, the sound of her footsteps echoing faintly in the corridor as she closed the space between them.“I thought you were going to stay,” she said, her voice lower now, but no less steady.Theo watched her for a moment before fully turning to face her. There was no surprise in his expression, only something quieter. Something that had already settled before she got there.“I thought about it,” he replied.Bella’s fingers tightened around the letter.“That’s it?” she asked, a hint of disbelief slipping through. “You thought about it?”His gaze didn’t waver. “Yes.”The simplicity of the answer landed harder than it should have. Bella let out a short breath, shaking her head slightly as something sharp edged into her expression.“And?” she pressed.Theo’s jaw tightened faintly before he spoke again.“And I decided to leave.”The words were calm. Bella stared at him, something flickering behind her eyes before it hardened.For a moment, she said nothin
A Woman's Scorn.Eleanor did not sleep as She lay still beneath the covers, eyes open in the dark, listening to the quiet stretch endlessly around her. Every time she closed her eyes, the same moment replayed. Bella standing there, unwavering despite the pain in her ankle. The look in her eyes when she had degraded her and used that comment broke her heart even as she struggled to sleep.Eleanor shifted onto her side, exhaling slowly, but it did nothing to ease the tightness in her chest. The words she had spoken earlier felt wrong now, heavier than they had any right to be…It echoed again, and this time she winced.She wondered to herself if she knew It had slipped out in frustration, but that did not make it any less cruel. Bella had every right to question her. Every right to demand answers and yet she had shut her down like it was nothing.Her fingers tightened slightly against the blanket…It was not nothing.Deep down as she laid there Eleanor knew that.She knew far more than
What Is Meant To Be.Bella didn’t realize how long she had been staring at the same spot on the ceiling. At some point, the roof blurred into nothing, her thoughts pulling further inward until the room itself felt distant.The quiet from earlier hadn’t left her, it had only deepened into something that can't be described.This time it was settling somewhere deeper where it was harder to ignore…Theo’s words lingered.Not just what he said… but how easily he said it. What was he even thinking that she would leave everything and go with him?She exhaled slowly, her fingers tightening slightly against the fabric of the bedsheet. That kind of certainty didn’t come from nowhere. It came from a place she didn’t fully understand, one she wasn’t sure she could reach, even if she tried and that was the problem.The problem because everything around her felt… the opposite. Complicated, far too complicated.Her thoughts shifted again, this time circling back to something else, something that ha
What Stays UnsaidThe quiet in the room remained the same as it was even after her answer. The silence between them settled deeper, pressing into the space between them until even breathing felt louder than it should.Theo leaned back slightly in the chair, his hands resting against his knees, his gaze no longer fixed on her but not entirely elsewhere either. He hadn't expected hesitation… Maybe something had told him it would be tough but now that the full weight of it was settling in on him, he found it difficult to deal with.All he was feeling was enough to know she wouldn’t give him something easy.Bella, on the other hand, felt the question lingering long after it had been asked. It hadn’t gone away just because she hadn’t answered it properly. If anything, it sat heavier now, curling into her thoughts, refusing to be ignored.“I didn’t mean for it to sound like that,” she said after a while, her voice quieter.Theo glanced at her. “Like what?” He asked even if he knew what
Bella's Plight The first thing she noticed was the quiet soon after waking up. It was not the usual kind that filled empty rooms, but something softer, it felt more contained. Bella’s brows pulled together slightly as she stirred, her lashes fluttering before her eyes slowly opened. For a moment, nothing made sense.The ceiling above her wasn’t hers. The air smelled different. It was cleaner and faintly edged with something familiar she couldn’t immediately place.She shifted slightly as pain flared through her ankle. A sharp breath left her as her body tensed instinctively, her hand gripping the sheets beneath her.That was when it all came rushing back.From the room, to the earlier confrontation, then Andre…Yeah, she was in Theo's room.Her head turned slowly, scanning the space around her. Where was he?Her gaze lingered on the chair beside the bed, slightly pulled out as though someone had been sitting there not long ago.“…Where have he gone to…” she murmured under her br
Not Running…Sighing deeply he looked out of the window lost for what felt like eternity. Eleanor’s words followed him long after he stepped out of that room, long after Bella’s had leaned against him, and after the silence settled into something heavier than the shouting had ever been.“How does she expect me to leave?" He muttered to himself.It sounded simple when she said it. Almost reasonable but Theo had never been good at choosing the easy thing when it mattered."I need to understand all of this once and for all.” He said more loudly this time.Just as he opened the door to step out, he bumped into someone.“Hey, watch…” His grip tightened just enough to steady her without making it obvious.“I’m fine,” she murmured, though her voice carried none of the strength she probably meant it to.“You’re not supposed to be,” he replied quietly. “And what are you two doing here?”She didn’t say a word but looked back at the woman behind her who sighed deeply."We came to speak with y
Lurking In Darkness.The corridor led back to Bella's room who was completely unaware of the conversation just underneath her window if she looked outside.She wasn't in her room anyways. Bella had remained where she was until her father disappeared beyond the curve of the staircase. Only then did
What Lingers in SilenceThe morning came quietly, almost too precise for a place that had known so much unrest the night before. It almost didn't feel like it even as the sunlight slipped through the tall windows in rays. Settling across the room in soft glitters.It brushed over the bed, over the
Brothers By Blood.It was Theo when she turned. Even if she knew by his voice when he had spoken standing right there made it seem different.He stood in the doorway with his chest rising hard and falling. He was heaving heavily with his eyes darker than Bella had ever seen them. The force with
Between Bloods.The forest had long fallen quiet by the time Bella opened her eyes.In a way the air still held the memory of what they did as it was filled with this ecstatic feeling that she couldn't understand.For a moment she did not remember where she was. The scent of pine lingered in the ai







