Novels by Silvia

I dismissed the weird thoughts circling my mind and asked him to come in. He threw his hat on my bed and turned to face me.“Aiv.” he said gently, grabbing both my shoulders with his huge hands. He took a deep breath in and cleared his throat.“Look, whatever it is we’re dealing with right now. I promise I’ll never break our promise. I came here to assure you that. Alright? We’ll tell you everything when we’re ready. I don’t think you’ll be able to handle it in the current situation. So, please trust us for the time being, Aiv.” he clarified looking through my eyes. He looked genuine. His eyes looked so innocent. His emerald eyes shone in the sunlight coming from the curtains, they almost looked unbelievable. Everything about him seemed so perfect!“I know, Kevin. My mom can never hurt me. I trust you enough for that, too. But, I don’t know where we’re headed. Things have been strange

“Aiv. We … It’s nothing, honey. We were just discussing some stuff. It’s not that important.” mom said and diverted her gaze outside the window. “Mom, if I’m not mistaken, I definitely heard you take my name. And mom, I also heard you tell Kevin not to tell me anything. Wouldn't it be better if you tell me now so I wouldn’t have to find out later?” “It’s nothing like that, Aiv. We will tell you when the time’s correct. But you shouldn’t know of it now. You may get in danger.” Kevin huffed from beside me. He was holding something in his hand, but I couldn’t see it, since his hands are so big it could hide anything that’s placed in his palms. “I agree with him, dear. It’s not the time yet. Let’s end our discussion here.” mom said, leaning against the window and folding her arms across her chest. My mom, she’d always been so assertive. Once she made a decision, we must stick by it. “Does this even make sense? I’m the one who’s supposed to be annoyed here

“Mom, what’s starting? What are you talking about?” I asked.“Nothing. Get some rest, dear.” she said, fiddling with her fingers and quickly got out of the room.“Nick, did you hear what mom said?” I asked Nick and he just shrugged and sat near the old wooden window.What’s starting? What was mom so nervous about? I have never seen her like this before.I tried to get up from the bed but a blinding pain ripped through my neck. I fell down on the floor, clutching my neck tightly.“Aiv!” Nick shrieked and sprinted across the floor. “What do you think you’re doing? You’re supposed to rest!” he scolded and gently pulled me up.“Ow!” I screamed in agony. I couldn’t say anything but yell, the pain was just too much. I slowly laid on the bed and decided to keep my hand there because it was somehow easing my pain.“Did I fall d

“Aiv! What are you doing out here? It’s raining cats and dogs! I mean seriously? It’s pouring so heavily! For goodness’ sake … Where are the others?” Kevin asked with a worried look on his face.“They-” I started and glanced at my wrist. His touch made me feel warm and I felt my cheeks burning up. He followed my gaze and realised he had been holding my wrist for too long and he slowly loosened his hold.“Oh sorry …” he mumbled in his deep voice. So, he knew how to apologize to someone, too? Fascinating. I thought and chuckled.“Umm … well the others rushed towards the small cottage over there. Uncle George took the jeep so we didn’t know where else to go.” I pointed towards the cottage’s direction and tried to change the topic.“Yeah I heard. So I rushed here but I couldn’t find anyone. I was about to call Nick but then I spotted you. But what ar

“Nick! Cherry! Come over for some snacks!” Mom shouted, grilling the chickens and placing the already prepared ones on the melamine plates. We often served savoury chickens during family picnics. We’d always been a huge fan of mom’s recipe. It’s amazing how she made it so juicy and tender every time. I opened the homemade barbecue sauce and poured it on all of the plates placed on the table.“Smells good!” Nick exclaimed and reached for a plate. “Yum! This is heaven!”Mom grinned and placed a few more chicken on his plate. Cherry took a big bite of the chicken and jumped up and down, clearly loving the chicken and I giggled. Mom handed the rest of the plates to dad and Nana and they ate in peace, reliving their memories together.“I’ll serve myself.” I said and put five pieces of it on my plate. I took a huge bite of the chicken and I could already feel it melting inside my mouth.&ld

The next morning, I woke up to the sound of birds chirping right by my window. Apart from that, something had been tickling me around my arms. I groaned and opened my eyes slightly to see a baby spider running around my arm. I grunted. I would’ve been menaced by it a couple of days ago. But, I didn’t find it strange and disgusting anymore. I was used to watching it crawl down on its web and wander around our house. It still freaked the hell out of Nick though. He hated how it tickled every time it landed on his arms.I waited till the little spider walked away from my arm and webbed its way down and snuggled back in my bed, holding my blanket closer, and buried my head in my pillow. “Winter is coming.” I chanted in a barely audible mumble. Not the motto used by House Stark though, I thought and stifled a laugh.And then I dozed off again until I heard someone knock softly on my door.“Aiv? Are you up?” Mom silently opened the