The Dark Side Of Fate

To Sam Street ~Liam~ I felt uneasy about how to handle sharing and discussing the text message.

I worried that mentioning Sophia might trouble Josephine, even though I knew she was resilient.

But I also feared that it could set back the progress we had made so far.

Instead of announcing the text to everyone, I decided to talk to Josephine first.

“Hey,” I said, linking her, and she turned to face me, her brow furrowing.

I expected this reaction, as linking in close proximity was reserved for private discussions.

“I want to show you something,” I said, handing her my phone with the text message.

She took the phone, read the message, and then returned it to me.

“The team should know,” she linked back, and I observed her carefully.

“It wouldn’t bother you?” I asked to be sure.

I was still new to this relationship thing and didn’t want to make any mistakes.

“Not at all, Liam.

We had our discussion this morning, and I’m confident that Sophia’s name won’t bother me anymore.

I promise,” she said with a smile and playfully punched my shoulder.

“I’m not that petty or jealous, Li,” she laughed, and I felt relieved.

“Attention, everyone; Li has something important to share,” Josephine declared, and a chuckle escaped me.

All eyes were on me, and I cleared my throat before speaking.

I put on a serious demeanour because the situation warranted it.

If they had Sophia’s mother’s phone, there was a possibility that something significant had occurred, and their circumstances might have altered.

Navigating through this with limited information wouldn’t be a simple task, but we must exercise utmost caution.

“I just received a text message from Sophia’s mother’s line, the same line she used to communicate with me,” I explained, passing my phone around so they could read the message.

“The last time she spoke to me, it was through Charlotte’s phone, as I hadn’t recovered my line back then,” I added.

Marvin was the first to ask a question.

“So why is she asking us not to search for her?” he inquired.

“That’s precisely my point.

If it were truly Sophia, she would have called instead of sending a text message.

of the message suggests an

genuinely from Sophia, it would have contained more helpful details,” I explained, and Noah voiced

just wants you to stay out of the matter to protect you? Sending a vague message would be the best way to ensure you have nothing to work with,” he suggested,

but she would have called me if it were really

of a phone person,” I explained before

she’s surrounded by the enemy and needs to secretly communicate

to send a text message,

then asked me to share my theory if I didn’t believe

trying to establish communication with me while

any word from

from her, it would

contained more details about

put my mind at ease,”

time we spoke was back

message seems off, as if we’ve been in

she isn’t aware that I’ve recovered my line, so she would likely have sent

to a line that might

entirely clear, but I had a gut feeling that

you’re right; this message doesn’t provide much information,” Charlotte acknowledged, stating the

the other hand,

communication has been opened between us and

propose we continue to interact with ‘Sophia’ and see where it leads us,” she suggested, using air

is posing as Sophia must

truly her or not, you should engage in conversation and share specific

we can wait for

might cleverly mislead

for her, and her captors

her to mislead them in her answers to help us uncover what’s

looking at her, and

to worry about my feelings when it comes to

just your friend,

but I could sense that Alex wasn’t entirely comfortable

to keep

signifying that she noticed my momentary unease, but it was our inside joke, and the others remained oblivious

and safe,” Marvin expressed, echoing

won’t dispose of her

harm her, and if they have some ulterior motive involving her, they won’t dare

remain alive until they accomplish whatever they have planned,” Oliver pointed out, and his assessment

idea that Sophia couldn’t reach

was deeply concerned about her safety and prayed that we could resolve this situation

and the Beta off, and we remained

laughed because it was clear that Justin had cleverly left

a smart

making it a casual conversation,

us of treating