All Chapters of Broken Bonds: Beyond Destiny: Chapter 31 - Chapter 36

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

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

BrightThere was light when I opened my eyes. I looked toward the window, finding the sun shining directly on my face. I squinted, realizing the person beside me. It hadn’t happened in a long time.Even though I had slept in the same bed with Sophia after her nightmare, I had woken up before her, with a heavy heart and a body stiff from not wanting to move for hours, afraid of waking her. But I was glad I had managed to be by her side again.She woke up shortly after, and although she didn’t say anything, I saw the same discomfort in her eyes that I felt. She gently moved away from my arms and murmured a “thank you” before heading to the bathroom. The way she avoided my gaze made it clear that what had happened during the night had just been an automatic reaction to fear. Nothing more. It didn’t have to mean anything else to me, and that broke me inside, little by little.The house was silent, except for the ticking of the clock and the echo of my own thoughts. Then, the front door op