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SophiaI felt guilty. My brother was practically humiliating Bright in front of the pack, and he had done nothing wrong. But even though I had explained the reason, James wouldn’t stop glaring furiously at his brother-in-law. The truth was that James hadn’t liked Bright since he married me. Bright and I had worked hard to make the world believe we loved each other, but my brother still wasn’t buying the story.James wasn’t stupid.Bright glanced at our hands and squeezed mine. I assumed he did it to put on a show for James. He didn’t say anything, so I took the initiative to keep talking.“We’ll talk about this another time, James,” I clarified. Everyone was watching us.James hesitated for a moment. He nodded and calmed his anger, but he was only postponing it for later.“So, Bright… I want to know what information you have. What have you found out?”“It’s a secret organization. The humans are hunting us.”“But how did they find us?” James asked, worried. “Our trail is supposed to be
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SophiaEveryone was watching us. My brother wouldn’t take his eyes off us from his spot, arms crossed.The air between us grew heavy when Bright grabbed me by the waist and removed Dante’s hands from my arms. The situation was already uncomfortable, but Bright did something to make it even worse. It was an instinctive, possessive movement that left me breathless. I could feel the tension in his body, the firmness of his grip, and the way his heart pounded furiously. Meanwhile, Dante’s heartbeat remained calm and steady.But what unsettled me the most was Dante’s expression. He wasn’t angry. He wasn’t surprised. He was... entertained. I knew him. I knew his looks. He did this on purpose. He’s shameless. I know he sensed I still loved him, and I think he was playing with that.Dante smirked. One of those crooked smiles he used to give me when we were young before everything between us shattered. But this smile held malice."Your wife?" Dante asked as if he didn’t already know. But he di
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SophiaThe return to the city was filled with tense silences. Bright still hadn't spoken to me, but I hadn't made an effort to close the distance between us either. His anger still lingered in the air, and our argument before leaving had left its mark. I didn’t understand why he felt the need to control me. Why was he angry? Why was he jealous? Our relationship was an arrangement, without feelings involved, or at least, that’s what we had agreed upon. So why did his attitude affect me so much?But I couldn’t focus on what Conrad had told me. Bright was not someone who showed emotions or cared about attachments. I didn’t matter to him, at least not in a romantic way. For the past two days, he had been acting like an idiot.Arriving at the house did nothing to ease the tension. Bright simply walked in and locked himself in his office without saying a word. He didn’t even bother to look at me, and I had no intention of breaking the silence.I stayed in the living room, trying to calm my
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BrightWhen I got home, Sophia wasn’t there. I was surprised not to see her. Night had fallen, and it wasn’t safe for Sophia to be out. I had specifically asked her not to go out at night. Sophia should have obeyed me. The attacks happened at night.Sophia was stubborn and proud. But one day, her pride would get her into serious trouble."Where is Sophia?" I asked the housekeeper."I'm not sure, sir. But Miss Sophia left about five minutes ago. It seemed urgent.""Did you notice anything unusual?""No. But the young lady received a letter a little while ago.""A letter?""Yes, sir.""Who is the letter from? Who sent it?""The envelope didn’t say."I looked toward the stairs and quickly went up to the room. I searched through Sophia’s things and found the envelope tucked inside a notebook on her nightstand. When I read the contents, I furiously crumpled the paper and threw it to the floor.I couldn't believe Sophia was capable of disobeying me in the middle of a war just to meet with D
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SophiaBright turned around and walked away. I didn't want to stay silent. I knew Bright had nothing to do with the disappearances. I felt pressured for a moment and didn’t respond, but I trusted him. At the very least, I knew Bright was incapable of doing something like that.I looked at Dante one last time. The fight they had was unnecessary. It bothered me that Bright had gone through my things and followed me here, but now I had to apologize to him before everything got worse.Dante was wrong to say something so horrible about Bright. I knew he didn’t do it out of malice. Dante wasn’t a bad person. He made mistakes, but that didn’t make him evil. He tried to protect me from Bright because he didn’t trust him. Dante was right about one thing: no one knew anything about Bright. He joined the pack some time ago and had become my brother’s right-hand man, but we knew nothing about his past. All I knew was that his parents had moved here because Bright had managed to join James’s pack.
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SophiaThe silence that followed was uncomfortable. There were glances exchanged between Bright and my father that I couldn't decipher. I felt like the tension would explode at any moment. I think I did a better job than Bright at hiding my displeasure. But, in reality, Bright wasn’t even trying to conceal it.I shot Bright a look, silently telling him to behave. He and I could fight, but not now. Not in front of my parents. Did he want to draw their attention? Make me look like the guilty one?Damn it, Bright.Finally, my father set down his silverware and rested his elbows on the table, looking directly at Bright. He clasped his hands together and placed them under his chin. I knew Dad was about to question something. We had barely spoken all night. I wasn’t a quiet person, and my parents knew it.“I know something is going on between you two,” he said firmly. “Is it something we should be worried about? Marital problems? Have you cheated on her, Bright?”Dad was tough. His personal
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SophiaThe first two days were hell.I had no idea where he had gone, and my mother didn’t know either. My father, on the other hand, had information, but he was keeping it to himself. I demanded that he share it with me, but he refused to give in. Bright had asked my father not to tell me so that I wouldn’t run off after him and my brother like last time.I called him once, twice, three, and four times. Then, I called him a fifth time. The call counter reached thirty, but there was no answer on the other end.Where the hell were they?Bright couldn’t do this to me.Why hadn’t they come back yet?Bright didn’t answer any of my calls or respond to my messages. I tried to stay calm, telling myself that he was probably too busy to use his phone, but as the hours passed, the anguish grew in my chest like a dark shadow that refused to dissipate. If he was busy, I knew he would have found time to send me a simple message. But even my brother wasn’t answering my calls.Dad wouldn’t give me a
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SophiaI couldn't believe he was standing in front of me, so nonchalantly, as if nothing had happened. As if he hadn’t left me in a hell of uncertainty for days. Bright had no right to ask me to step aside after I had spent three days worrying about them. I wouldn't endure this again.I knew he would soon have to leave for another mission. This wouldn't end until either the bad guys wiped us all out or we got rid of them first. I knew my brother, and I knew he wouldn’t stop until he found out who was behind all of this. Bright was my brother’s right-hand man. Although my brother didn’t trust Bright as his brother-in-law, I knew he trusted him to lead the pack’s groups.I felt the anger consuming me from the inside, making my blood boil. Bright had put me through the worst anguish of my life, and he didn’t even seem to understand the gravity of what he had done. Keep me away? I knew he was right and that it was dangerous. His face remained neutral, as if my shouting was just background
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SophiaThe night was freezing, and a storm was approaching. Thunder and flashes of lightning lit up the sky from time to time. The wind whipped my face as I walked alongside Bright down the deserted street.We came to work by taxi today. Bright had things to do, and I had agreed to have tea with my mother, who was still angry with me. I tried to fix things with her, but I ended up listening to the sermon of the year. Bright's car was still in the shop, and although I had complained at first about having to walk back from the company, now I was a little glad. Being with him in silence, without interruptions, gave me a certain peace… or at least that’s what I thought.Our relationship was still awkward, but at least he offered to bring me to my mother’s office in the morning. I was planning to take a taxi, but he offered his help and I accepted. However, the ride to the office was uncomfortable.We couldn’t find a taxi to take us home, so we decided to walk. I don’t think it was such a
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BrightI needed to leave. Looking for an easy way out was the best thing for me. The city was overwhelming, and so were the family and Sophia.I didn’t know exactly where I was going, but anywhere far from here was enough. The conversation with Sophia’s parents had left me breathless, as if suddenly the entire world was resting on my shoulders, pressuring me to decide something that was already broken. Seeing the photo of Sophia kissing Dante felt like a stab to the heart. I couldn’t take it.Seeing her kiss someone else was enough to make me want to leave.The divorce. The word kept echoing in my head like a cursed whisper. A term that had become so common in our arguments it didn’t even sound real anymore. She loved repeating it. I kept my distance and hoped Sophia would change her mind before telling her parents the truth, but the family talk ruined everything. She opened her mouth and gave them the news.I didn’t want this to be real. But it was. And the worst part was that her pa
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SophiaThe third unanswered message sent a chill down my spine. Bright was never the type to ignore calls, especially not mine. I didn’t want to be the one to call him after everything we had been through, not after those last conversations —uncomfortable, yes— but necessary. I wanted him to be the first to reach out to me, but he had simply vanished.I looked at my phone for the tenth time in the last five minutes. The message icon was still there, without the double-check marks. No sign that he was okay. No sign that he was alive.Where the hell was Bright? His clothes were still in the house, and he hadn’t taken anything with him. That alone set off every alarm in me.He still lived here. Even his car was parked outside the house. Where had he gone?“Have you heard from Bright?” I asked my mother as I walked into the kitchen, where she was making coffee with trembling hands. I knew she had spoken to my brother James.She shook her head. Her expression was filled with worry. We were
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SophiaI don’t know why the silence between Bright and me kept getting worse. We were supposed to get divorced to stop fighting, but the fight continued in the intense silence that separated us like a wall of iron.Since the night before, after the disaster with my parents, every step I took felt like walking on glass. Bright wouldn’t talk to me or even look at me, and I didn’t have the strength to try to break the ice. I felt exposed, judged, guilty... and for the first time in a long while, confused too. I had things to reproach him for, but I no longer dared to bring them up.The doorbell rang at ten in the morning.I wasn’t expecting anyone, so my stomach tightened with an uncomfortable suspicion. I opened the door, and there they were: my parents… and Bright’s. My heart sank. That couldn’t mean anything good.“Can we come in?” my mother asked, in that calm voice that always hid a story behind it.Bright appeared behind me, probably drawn by the voices. He froze when he saw his mo
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SophiaI knew something was wrong the moment I stepped through my parents’ front door. My mother’s call asking me to come over with Bright to discuss something important made me nervous.Her tone had been concerning. I knew something was going on, and I couldn’t escape it. It was hard to ask Bright to come with me since we barely spoke anymore, but he agreed.The silence was too thick, and their stares too long. My mother got up from the couch as soon as she saw me, but she didn’t come over to hug me like she usually did. My father remained seated, his face tense and his jaw clenched, as if he were holding back an avalanche. And the worst part was seeing Bright there, standing by the window with his hands in his pockets and his gaze fixed on the floor. He looked serious. Cold. Almost distant.Bright was simply waiting for someone to speak. He didn’t want to be there and was clearly caught in a mental storm. I wish I knew what he was thinking and what was going on to make him look so s
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BrightThe anger hit me like a slap I didn’t see coming. Of all the places they could have gone, did they really have to choose the same restaurant I came to with my date?It felt intentional.It wasn’t when I saw her with Dante at the restaurant. It wasn’t when she laughed softly with him, that laugh that used to be mine. No. It was when she leaned toward him and took his hand across the table like she had moved on without a second thought. As if I had never existed. For her, the divorce was practically a done deal, and it was obvious I didn’t matter to her in the slightest. Her love for Dante remained intact, and she preferred him over me.And there I was, sitting across from a woman who said sweet things, who had the perfect smile, the right dress, the proper attitude. Everything about her was flawless. But she wasn’t Sophia. Not even close. It didn’t feel the same, and I knew she would never make me feel the way Sophia did.I told myself —like I had so many times before— that I ne
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SophiaI had never taken so long to choose what to wear for a date. After rearranging my schedule to go out with Dante, I had to check my closet to see which dress to put on.I was nervous about the date and about someone we knew seeing me with Dante at dinner. My divorce from Bright was still being processed, and no one knew we had separated. I wasn’t ready to face my parents or James yet, but I knew I’d have to do it soon.I felt like a teenager in front of the mirror, trying on dresses, taking them off, changing hairstyles, applying perfume and then changing my mind. It was ridiculous. I had been on many dates before, even with Dante, but tonight felt different. I didn’t know if it was because we were finally trying something real or because… a part of me was still hurt by the image of Bright with that woman in his office. My mind was a walking mess. I was going crazy.I shook my head. No. Tonight wasn’t for thinking about Bright. I promised myself that. It was time to move on. It
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SophiaDante and I agreed to go on a date soon. I gave him my new phone number and confessed that he was right about my marriage to Bright and its falseness. Dante didn’t seem impressed, but he did look happy to have his suspicions confirmed.I couldn’t get the kiss Dante gave me on the lips before I left out of my head. I had forgotten what his kisses felt like. I must say, it was strange to feel the difference between Bright’s lips and Dante’s. I had gotten used to Bright’s and had forgotten Dante’s.I arranged to meet my mother at her office.Walking into my parents’ company had always been a strange experience for me. Maybe because I had never really felt like I fit into that world of business, cold decisions, and calculated strategies. I had my place in the company, but I always chose to work from home. However, today, I had no choice. I had to come. I needed to talk to Bright about the divorce, and since I would already be there to see my mother, I decided to take the opportunit
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SophiaThe morning sun filtered through the curtains when I opened my eyes, and problems quickly flooded my mind. I didn’t feel like getting out of bed. Not today. Despite having slept through the night, I felt exhausted. The conversation with Bright had drained all my energy, leaving an emptiness in my chest that I didn’t know how to fill.Waking up meant facing my problems, and my energy had already been depleted by last night's conversation. The wave of emotions drowning me from the inside refused to leave my body. I needed a break from all the drama, but life gave me no respite.I knew I had to go downstairs for breakfast. The decision to divorce was mine, and I had to face single life again. And with that, I had to deal with my parents’ future reaction when they found out what had happened between Bright and me. I had to prepare myself for a long conversation about how I had ruined generations of clean and lasting marriages. I didn’t even understand why it hurt so much to know I
