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LucasDrei Monate sind vergangen.Der Winter hat sich ohne Vorwarnung zurückgezogen und eine Kälte hinterlassen, die sich noch immer in die Knochen frisst.Mir geht es besser, heißt es.Die Ärzte sprechen von Genesung, von Fortschritt, von Glück.Aber sie wissen nicht, dass manche Wunden nicht heilen. Sie beschränken sich darauf, zu schweigen.Jeden Morgen wache ich in diesem zu ruhigen Haus auf, mit dem Gefühl, dass ein Klang, eine Stimme, eine Präsenz fehlt.Lyra.Ihre Abwesenheit lastet wie ein Schatten auf jedem Atemzug.Tania versucht, ein wenig Leben zurückzubringen.Sie macht Kaffee, öffnet die Vorhänge, spricht sanft.Manchmal lächelt sie. Und ich tue so, als würde ich daran glauben.Aber ein zu langes Schweigen reicht aus, damit alles wieder zerbricht.Ich dachte, mit der Zeit würde der Schmerz abnehmen.Ich habe mich getäuscht.Er hat sich einfach in etwas Dumpferes, Stabileres, Verankerteres verwandelt.Wie eine brennende Narbe, die man nicht mehr kratzen kann.An diesem Mo

LyraThe world slowly returns.Like through a veil of water and light.Everything is blurry, the white ceiling, the hum of machines, the metallic taste in my mouth.And then… this warmth.A hand against mine.A presence.Him.I blink.His face is there, so close, trembling, bathed in tears and love.His lips move, I think he’s speaking, but all I hear is the beating of his heart, too loud, too real.— Alex…My voice breaks, hoarse, choked by thirst and memory.He leans in immediately, his eyes flooded, his hand on my cheek.— My love… you’re here. Can you hear me? It’s over now.His voice trembles, almost childlike.I nod, gently.— I searched for you, he whispers, his throat tight. Every day, every night.He laughs, but it’s a broken laugh.And suddenly, he leans in and kisses me.His lips find mine in a desperate, burning, infinite rush.A kiss that is not sweet, but full of life.He pours everything into it: fear, rage, tenderness, longing.And I cry.I cry against his mouth, again

LyraI no longer remember how we made it back to the room. Everything feels blurry, as if each step fades away as we take it. Alex holds me by the waist, his hand still trembling, but he doesn’t let go. The bathroom water has left traces on our clothes, on our skin, on our souls. I feel like I’ve crossed a storm without an umbrella, without shelter, without end.The room waits for us, silent. The unmade sheets. The machines still blinking, patient, obsessive. Everything is the same, and yet nothing is. I feel this strange fatigue on my skin, that of having survived something that cannot be named. Not quite death. Not quite life. Just this in-between where each breath hurts.Alex closes the door behind us. His gaze is elsewhere, exhausted. I see the mark of dried blood on his knuckles. I can guess what he faced alone, over there, behind the partition. And I know that no word, ever, will truly convey the violence of what he felt.I gently lie back down on the bed. The touch of the cold

LyraThe room gradually emptied.Footsteps faded away, voices fell silent.Only the hum of machines and the harsh neon light remained, flickering at times, as if it too hesitated to stay.Alex stepped out, "just a moment," to get me something to eat.I nodded without looking at him.As soon as he passed through the door, the air in the room changed.A strange silence settled, not one of rest, but one that waits for something, like a held breath.I remain still for a long time.The sheets cling to my skin. The sterile smell of the room makes me nauseous.Every beep of the machines seems to count down to something I don’t want to name.Then, slowly, my hand glides to the edge of the bed.Under the seam, where the fabric frays, my fingers find the hidden cloth.I pull.A small black phone falls into my palm, cold, smooth, almost alive.My heart pounds at my temples, nearly drowning out the sound.I stare at it for a moment.This object shouldn’t exist here.And yet, it feels like it has

LyraYes… and I move forward. I have arrived. He is mine now. Only mine.The light above pulses faintly. Something is ending or beginning.Three days pass. The hospital becomes a limbo, warm and horizonless. Alexandre keeps watch, initially refusing to let the police approach. Every time they enter, he gently pushes them away with a sweet word, a worried glance: — Let her rest, please. Not now.But one morning comes when she nods her head. I want to speak. The agents approach, asking questions in slow voices, as if walking on cracked ground. They are there, again, in the room turned shimmering white and cold, half-memory of the basement I no longer wish to name, and I feel them before I see them, like a presence that seeps into my chest, heavy and still, slow and insistent, and I know that every word I utter will be watched, weighed, dissected, so I breathe, deeply, once, twice, as if to hold back what refuses to stay.Alex is there too, a few steps away, hands c