Between The World And Me Audiobook Novels & Stories

I closed my eyes. “If you’re listening,” I said, voice steady despite the tremble in my chest, “then listen fully. I’m not calling you to submit. I’m calling you to understand. You sent versions of me to test me. You sent reflections, memories, and regrets. But I’m not a product of perfection. I’m a story of survival. And if you can’t accept that, then you’ll never understand this world.” The wind paused. Then the veil split—not with noise, but with absence. The world blinked. One moment, I was alone in the circle. Next, someone stood opposite me.

Aiys is silent, for a while. "Beb, don't ... go ..." said Aiys stammered. The Universe seems to know how I feel, what to do. Happy or sad? There was no twilight sparkle, gray clouds connected above. Fallen leaves. No birds singing cheerfully, Silent, dark. "Trust me baby, everything will be fine," "Aiys, you can't LDR," Aiys honestly said, soft as cotton. "It hasn't been confirmed yet, how come I give up," said Daffa.

One escapes anyway, tracing a hot line down my cheek. “Look at me,” I say, my voice cracking despite myself. “Please. And speak.” He hesitates. Then he lifts his head and finally meets my gaze. “Yes.” The word is firm. Unembellished. No excuses. The world pauses. It’s not dramatic—no loud sound, no sudden dizziness—but something inside me flips violently, like gravity has been reversed. I feel like I’m floating and sinking at the same time. Silence stretches between us. My ears ring.

My world tilted at his words This really can't be happening

He was about walking away quietly when they had just finished singing when he paused when he heard Mary's question. " Sis! I could almost feel the emotions in your voice as you sang, if the world was ending by JP Saxe.... Especially the chorus... But if the world was ending You'd come over right You'd come over and you'd stay the night Would you love me for the hell of it All our fears would be irrelevant If the world was ending You'd come over right The sky'd be falling and I'd hold you tight And there wouldn't be a reason why We would even have to say goodbye

That night, the stars dimmed—just for a breath—and she heard the curse’s voice again, quiet but strained. > Mira… something’s wrong. Her eyes snapped open. “What happened?” > The world is breathing too fast. > “What do you mean?” > It’s learning too much. Feeling too much. Pain, joy, grief—without balance, it’ll break. > “You’re saying it’s becoming like me?” > No, the voice whispered, faint and sad. It’s becoming like us. Then the connection went silent. --- End of Chapter 11 – The World Learns to Breathe

My breath, my thoughts, my world. The silence rang in my ears. “…what?”

One heartbeat to center myself. I step through. And the world explodes.

I opened the packaging and saw that it was a photo album, the one that I had thrown into the trash can back then. The album that hadn't had any new photos in a long while was suddenly filled with many new ones of me conversing with other people in the industry and networking at the tech summit. I finally decided to meet her at a local cafe. Gianna used to always dress in a very sophisticated manner. But now, she looked a lot paler and skinnier than before, and she was also dressed in plain clothing. She was a stark contrast to her former self. She said softly, "I'm sorry, Brandon. I was wrong. I trusted Shane when I shouldn't have, and now, I've ended up like this. I know that I brought this

I rested my face between my hands and laughed incredulously at how stupid I was at that not-so-distant time. In spite of everything, I felt happy to have learned a lot and grown from it all. The submissive and foolish Helena no longer existed and I couldn't be prouder. As Queen Beyoncé would say: Who run the world? Girls! Which meant that no man deserves to waste our time and our mental health. I opened the book, hoping that I could concentrate on the subject, since my mind kept focusing on only one thing: John and Cassie's breakup.