Before We Knew It Novels & Stories

My online boyfriend had been my sister's nemesis. He and my sister had been desk mates in high school, always competing for the top spot in their grade. He ranked first, while she ranked second. They could barely stand each other, yet they both ended up attending the same university in our city. Every time my sister came home for a break, she spent days complaining to me about him. This time, she came home with her suitcase and an unusually bright smile on her face. Mom teased her. "How come you did not mention your favorite nemesis this time? You seem to be in such a good mood. Do you have something going on?" My sister laughed and handed Mom a gold necklace. "Here. Your future son‑

The room fell quiet again. But this time— It didn’t feel the same. Something had shifted. And whatever it was— I knew we weren’t ready for it.

Another click sound left from her hand and the room unerringly changed. Everything was black and white, the happy memories flashed before their eyes were changed into some gruesome scenes. If Yuna were to guess it, these were Unknown's unpleasant past that led her to wish to travel back in time. Death. Blood. War. Lost. Yuna watched how the scenes flicker and glitch, she cannot get a glimpse of what happened to Unknown. It was too vague for her to even grasp a meaning from it, but she knew it was horrible. Unknown doesn't know much about this sprite but the fact that she lost her memory and she met Zyair.

“Few years back, I got a call from an anonymous number, saying they knew where you stayed and I had to come to the place they sent me. I knew it was dumb and unreasonable for me to go there. But, I was blinded. I just wanted to see you.” “Oh my God.” “Then the accident happened.”

The night loomed between us, packed with the words we weren’t ready to say. And I had this awareness—I don’t know what, for the first time— This moment was getting away from us.

For both of us, this was the first time. And yet... through it all, we felt a strange power. A bond. A connection we had never known before.

Seven days. The number sat in both of us without being spoken. We knew it was there. We could feel the other person knowing it was there. And we had arrived, without discussing it, at the mutual decision to live the days that were available to us before the result in the most ordinary way we could manage. We went to work.

Having such steamy sex for the first time inside of a moving van. We knew we had to get dressed and be composed before reaching our destination, the pack estate here. I guess we're gonna reach soon.

It carried the weight of something inevitable. Nobody spoke. Nobody moved. Because we all understood exactly what had just happened. The countdown had started. And somehow, I was running out of time.

In that moment, I knew without a doubt that this was the beginning of something extraordinary. Luca didn’t know it yet, but he had just changed our lives forever.