Lahat ng Kabanata ng Forbidden Love - Fragments of Forgotten Love: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

I don’t remember very much about the life that I once lived before I meet the man that I fell in love with. I have fragments of memory like it was told to me by a wondering future teller that I was to meet the love of my life that night only if I went to the Le Glow Club but I’d only meet him if I went there as I went home that day. I found it hard to believe as I had always been overlooked my men in the past so I really didn’t think much of it but straighten up my bag and started to head towards the tube sky station somehow I still found my way to the Le Glow Club so I thought to myself I guess I’ve got nothing to lose except for a good telling off once I finally got home.However my father always told me that a girls only job was to marry a man nothing more. Although not that he was really home for me from the little that I could remember of his was that my father was hardly every home. So I doubt I ever knew what he did for a job.I only had the faintest memories of my mother but t

The elderly woman stepped forward. "My lord, the Council felt it would ease her transition if—""If you lied to her," Costa finished, finally turning to face them. "I told you I wouldn't allow it."I stared at him, pieces of memory crystallizing with each passing second. "The club," I murmured. "You weren't supposed to be there either."Costa's smile returned, softer now. "My security detail had quite the time tracking me down. I'd slipped away during a state function—needed to breathe air that wasn't perfumed with politics.""And I was running late for my night shift," I continued, the memory unfurling like a flower. "I cut through the alley behind Le Glow...""Where I was hiding from my handlers," Costa finished. "You nearly knocked me over.""You caught me," I whispered. "You caught me and said—""'If you wanted to fall for me, you could have just said hello,'" we recited together.The medical staff exchanged uneasy glances as Costa helped me to my feet. My legs trembled beneath me

As we stepped into the corridor, I caught a glimpse of my reflection in the polished walls—no longer the confused girl who had awakened an hour ago, but someone harder, someone who had lived through seventeen lifetimes of betrayal.Behind us, Dr. Thorne's voice echoed through the corridor, “No matter what you go your highnesses they will find you in the end.”"They can try," Costa replied without turning back.The hallway stretched before us like a gleaming arterial vein in the heart of the facility. The echowisps moved with purpose, their luminescence pulsing in time with our footsteps. Some darted ahead while others lingered near us, their whispers creating a protective cocoon of sound that masked our movements."The resistance has been monitoring the preservation chambers for generations," Marcus explained as we hurried along. "We've mapped every corridor, every security protocol. There are people waiting to help you disappear."My legs trembled with each step, muscles remembering

"Fight it," Costa urged, though I could see him struggling too. "Focus on my voice, on the memory anchor."I squeezed the warm stone in my palm, feeling its stabilising pulse. The ghostly images flickered but didn't disappear entirely."There," Marcus pointed ahead. "The surface access."A circle of pale light appeared above us—not the artificial glow of the underground, but something softer, more natural. As we climbed toward it, the psychic tether began to weaken, the invisible threads stretching thin.We emerged into a world I barely recognised. The sky above was a deep amber colour, neither day nor night but something in between. Strange plants grew in twisted spirals around the entrance, their leaves shimmering with an oily iridescence. The air smelled of rain and something else—something alive and growing."Welcome to the surface," Marcus said, breathing deeply. "The atmospheric processors have been working to restore the original composition for decades. It's almost breathable w

"They're gaining," Costa warned, glancing back at the shimmering distortions.I clutched my anchor stone tighter, feeling its warmth pulse through my palm. "The echowisps are leading us somewhere specific."Indeed, the glowing orbs converged on a specific point ahead—a jagged opening in the riverbed wall that looked like a natural cave but hummed with artificial energy."Emergency shelter," Costa breathed, recognising the design. "From the old evacuation network."We dove through the opening just as the temperature around us plummeted. Ice crystals began forming on the cave walls—a sign that the Void Walkers were attempting to phase into our location.The shelter extended deeper than expected, its walls lined with dormant equipment that flickered to life as we passed. Emergency lighting cast eerie shadows; somewhere in the distance, we could hear the hum of still-functioning systems."Motion detected," a mechanical voice announced. "Initiating preservation protocol.""No!" I shouted,