Against The Loveless World: A Novel Novels & Stories

at last I whined "Why!??? Just love me instead" She chuckled and pulled my cheeks before passing by to arrange the plates "Love is hard"I whined again "No Love is taking risks..and here,I've taken the risk that maybe he might love me..or I'd never be loved..that's it" I rubbed my temples .."that's even more complicated" She laughed.."you Know love begins with hate..if you hate someone so much..that you can't stand them..it's love"

I say pulling her into my arms kissing her forehead. We lying down is a peaceful silence as we embrace one another after this long day. A silent promise that we will love one another through everything even if we at our weakest. The we have spent getting to know each other felt so fast , as if our body and soul knew each other from a previous life. I couldn't ask for any other life than this right here. "I love you ma, and I'm ready to build our legacy together" I say bringing her lips to mine, kissing her deeply as I promise my loyalty to her. With that we fall asleep within each other's embrace

I giggled and sank into the tidal wave of his love. The night stretched long, and so would our happiness. Not long after, I became pregnant. When Caleb and I visited our new villa, we saw Thomas and Juliet tending flowers in the park. Their old clothes were streaked with dirt. Adrian was nearby, drunk in broad daylight, with a crying baby beside him. Under the scorching sun, their former pride had long since vanished. Seeing me, they hastily pulled on their masks and hurried away with Adrian. Their aging figures were the very picture of desolation.

They thought desire was a flaw, connection a weakness, love a chain. They were wrong. It made us whole. It made us unstoppable. The courtyard settled into new positions, weapons gleaming, eyes sharp. The north still burned with green smoke and distant shouts, but the true battle was here now—in the quiet spaces, in the shadows gathering just beyond sight. I drew a slow breath, tasting pine and smoke and the sweet fire of Aria beside me. Let them come with their silence. Let them bring their contempt, their cold precision, their belief that love could be cut out like a disease.

I curl up in bed, my phone lighting up with a text from an unknown number: "Some people run from love. Some people run towards it. Which one are you? - H" And for the first time in my life, I don't know the answer.

They just could not bear the thought of me dying and leaving their guilt forever unresolved. I was never a daughter to them, just a vessel to patch up their regret. Now, they were willing to destroy Chloe for their own selfishness. I fought against the binding force—the burning pain seared through my very soul. Yet, I refused to give up. Chloe had a future, and I had my own path to follow. Perhaps it was my resolve, but I broke free of the restraints. At the same instant, both my parents coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Make me forget the rest of the world exists." He didn't need to be asked twice. As he stripped away the physical barriers between us, his touch became a meticulous, agonizingly slow worship. Every kiss, every heavy stroke of his hands, was a profound, silent vow of protection. The electric tension of the trap we had set transformed into a blinding, all-consuming fire. We fell into the heavy, intoxicating depths of our power exchange, anchoring each other in the dark, absolutely certain that whatever retaliation Adrian planned, it would break against the unbreakable, unyielding foundation of our love.

“When the world ends, I want it to end like this.” Lucian pressed his lips to my forehead. “The world doesn’t get to end. Not yet. Not while you still breathe.” And I knew then—whatever came tomorrow, whatever monsters rose from the marrow of the earth—this moment would be my anchor. My tether. My fire in the dark. Because love like this? It didn’t die. It fought.

Her eyes brimmed with tears when the last word came out like a small whisper from her mouth. “You can’t question my love like this, Alessandra! It’s innocent! The only thing I’m sure of!” For her, it was the first time she saw a human filled with emotions talking to her. Like a real human. Because every time he was like a robot. A well trained ruthless machine. But at that moment, he oozed out the disappointment hidden inside him. “How? How after you raped me?” “That was rage!” “Was your love so weak that it couldn’t even stand in front of your rage?”

He uttered. “But, remember that I will not give up. Once I’m done solving my problems, I will pursue you.” My eyes widened at what he told me. I can’t even utter a word. “Goodnight, Fely. I love you.” He said and ended the call. Despite of his confession, I still can’t believe it. It wouldn’t sink in my mind that Drake… love me. I dozed off to sleep past 2 AM and woke up 6 in the morning.