Novel & Cerita Before We Knew It

Behind us, the pack moved, unaware of how close everything was to unraveling. And ahead of us, whatever came next was no longer something we could avoid. It was coming. And this time… There would be no more hiding.

she asked, her eyes wide with concern. But we just shook our heads, unable to speak. We didn't know what was going on, or what the truth was. All we knew was that our lives would never be the same again. And as we stood there, unsure of what to do next, the scene faded to black.

Like the room only made sense because I was in it. Like he'd always known what I was, even before I did. "Let's go home," I said. And we went.

Something none of us were prepared for. And as the last rays of the fading sun hit the horizon, I knew we had just stepped into the beginning of something even more dangerous than what we had left behind.

How did they know that we had found the driver? How did they know he had confessed? How did they know exactly when to act? Because this wasn’t timing. This wasn’t coincidence. This was precision. They acted before we could act. Which means… They knew what we were about to do before we did it. I sat up slowly, my expression tightening. “No…” I whispered. But the thought didn’t go away. It only got clearer. Stronger. “There’s no way they guessed all that.” I shook my head. Impossible.

And we climbed into our car and headed for the meeting that could make us or break us forever. And I didn’t know which one it would be.

Little did we know that our lives were about to be upended in the most unimaginable way. As we walked back to our apartment building, Isabella seemed preoccupied, her usually vibrant smile replaced with a furrowed brow. I asked her what was wrong, but she brushed it off, claiming it was nothing. I should have pressed further, insisted on knowing, but I didn't want to pry. Little did I know that at that moment, the course of our lives had already been set in motion.

None of us went to move or even talk for the first few seconds, the long and dark tunnel in front of us taking each person off guard and pushing us into a stunned silence. I know I had seen this tunnel on the map, and it was the sole purpose for our journey here, but I hadn’t quite planned ahead if we were to find it.

And in that instant—without a word—we all knew. She wasn’t a coincidence. She was fate. The one. The mate our mother spoke. "Did she know what would happen when she filled out the forms for us?" The miracle we stopped believing in, but we always wanted. The miracle we will never let go.

Because now… we were the same. And there was no pretending otherwise. We were holding each other's secret. The silence stretched, thick and suffocating. I didn’t know what to say, didn’t know what to do. All I knew was that everything had just changed. And there was no going back.