《Terra Gaia》 Chapter 1 Saturday 060323 12:42 PM I don¡¯t even know where to start. I know I¡¯m supposed to complete a challenge: write a poem, write a journal entry, and write a character. I didn¡¯t know what the title would be, so I called it ¡°Terra Gaia.¡± It just came to me. So I will stick with it for now. The main character¡¯s name is Gaia. Her last name is Terra. So that would be Gaia Terra. That title literally means ¡°goddess of Earth¡± and ¡°land, territory, Earth.¡± So this story is about mother Earth named Gaia. She needs help. She has been abused, used, neglected, abandoned, and prevented from evolving. She is the divine feminine. Fertile, creative, giving, nurturing, loving, healing, hopeful, collaborative, and supportive. She gives so much, expects nothing, yet she is not appreciated or valued for who she really is. She does have a counterpart, the divine masculine. His name is Helios. What¡¯s his last name? Not sure yet. Galaxy? Okay, Helios Galax. That means ¡°sun god¡± and ¡°system of stars.¡± Wow. So a god and goddess. She orbits Helios, while he watches her. Interesting. He gives her life, she gives him peace. She¡¯s beautiful, he¡¯s brave. Wow. They really should be together, but something has kept them apart. What is it? Oh, the abuse of Gaia, and she needs protection. Here comes Helios, the divine masculine.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. So Helios is going to come in to help/protect her while she hopes that something will help/protect her. This is quite a story. This is actually a love story, and it is happening right now in real life. How do I even start this? Okay, continue with the main character, Gaia. The villain is Mal Lux. He is the opposite of Helios, and he is the one that has been abusing Gaia. While Gaia is the main character, Helios is the superhero that would save his counterpart from Mal¡¯s tyranny. Chapter 2 ¡°Look what you¡¯ve done!¡± she screamed at her 5 year old daughter for dropping the vase on the floor, causing it to shatter on impact. ¡°I¡¯m sorry,¡± Gaia Terra bent down to pick up the shattered pieces of glass that spread out. One of them cut her finger until the fresh blood came out. Ruby, glistening as it caught the reflection of the sunlight coming from the window. ¡°Now you cut yourself,¡± she sighed in exasperation. ¡°First the vase, now this.¡± Another explosion that obliterated the roof, walls, and windows. The little girl wasn¡¯t afraid of spirits, monsters, beasts or demons. When she witnessed the fury of her own mother, nothing could compare to it. Not even hell. If Satan was a female, that¡¯s what she would probably be like. She never met Satan, but she imagined he is related to her mother since they tend to do the same things. Eva Terra was not one to hug, comfort, or support Gaia. She was not loving, nurturing, or kind to anyone she didn¡¯t like. She had 3 daughters: Gina, Ella, Gaia. Of all her daughters, Ella was the most like her, and in turn, became her favorite. Gina was a mistake, Ella came out just right, Gaia was supposed to be a boy. Ella was pretty like Eva, charming like Mel, shrewd like Ellen and sneaky like Mal. Ella had the traits that Eva wanted in a daughter, who finally showed up in her life, making her proud and happy.You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. ¡°I can clean it,¡± Gaia offered as the blood trickled out of her finger, making itself known that it has come out, and it was not a sight to be missed. What was supposed to remain inside is now visible. ¡°Clean what?¡± ¡°Both,¡± Gaia replied. The sight of the broken vase on the floor was painful, but not as painful as the blood trickling out of her finger, letting her know that she needed attention immediately or it was going to get worse. Yet Eva never helped her out of any situation, especially that one. Any other mother would tend to their injured child, but not this one. It was Gaia¡¯s fault that the vase broke, her finger bled, and that she wasn¡¯t a boy. If she came out perfect like Ella, she wouldn¡¯t have any of those problems or make them worse. Bleeding, Gaia sauntered to the closet to get the broom and wipe the broken shards of glass on the floor. Eva watched sternly as Gaia swept the shards into a pile, then swooped them up into the attached dustpan to be thrown in the trash bin nearby. After that, Gaia went upstairs to her own room and closed the door. Eva was satisfied after seeing that. First, she didn¡¯t have to do any cleaning (sweep or deal with blood). Second, the problem was out of her sight. Third, she could go back to reading a book before she was rudely interrupted. It was silent in the house again. The ticking of the wall clock, hum of the refrigerator, and breeze from the cool AC were the only noises that could be heard. It was peaceful and quiet again, like the library, the way it was supposed to be. Chapter 3 It is never going to work. What the fuck am I thinking? I¡¯m seeking love in a barren desert, a broken alley, an empty sea. A lone seashell that has gone adrift too far,Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work! thirsting for undrinkable water. Why. Why. Why am I still alive? Answer me. You never answer me. It¡¯s always symbols, and clues, and cryptic codes. I wish I knew. I wish I knew. Why drag it all out? Time passes. Life wasted. Dreams rotting. With every second, it¡¯s already in the past. I don¡¯t understand. None of it is real. None of it matters. I¡¯m just a non-existent sub-particle trapped in darkness and silence. It hurts. This loneliness. This void. Why am I still there? Why won¡¯t it go away? I Am Here. Chapter 4 ¡°Who do you think you are?¡± Ella narrowed her eyes. ¡°No one. I¡¯m no one.¡± Gaia looked down at the floor. ¡°You sure were acting like you were better than everyone.¡± ¡°I wasn¡¯t.¡± ¡°What does Mal see in you anyway?¡± ¡°Mal? My boyfriend?¡± ¡°Yeah, that guy.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know.¡± ¡°He¡¯s probably using you for something. Why else would a guy like that be with you?¡± Mal was already 6¡¯2 at nineteen, the same age as Ella. He graduated from Franklin High School in 2001 when he was eighteen. In his sophomore year at Hillman College (a private university), he majored in parks and recreation but he told people it was sports psychology since it was ¡°cooler.¡± People, especially girls, were impressed when he said ¡°sports psychology.¡± He was the starting quarterback at Franklin High all 4 years since he was already 6 feet at fourteen, his freshman year. He looked, talked, and acted like a typical jock. Not only was he popular at school, but he was also popular with the girls. He was good looking, charming, and wore a letterman jacket his first year with the letter M. That was a sign that he officially made it in high school.The narrative has been illicitly obtained; should you discover it on Amazon, report the violation. Unbeknownst to Gaia, Ella secretly had a crush on Mal since they were the same age. They saw each other around school and made small talk here and there. They didn¡¯t interact directly with each other until he started dating Gaia. The truth was, Ella and Mal have been secretly seeing each other since they were 14. They lost their virginity to each other during their freshman year, but nobody knew about it. In public, they acted like they didn¡¯t know each other so nobody would suspect a thing. In private, it was a different story. They were all over each other as if they haven¡¯t seen each other in ages. Throughout high school, all they did was fuck, smoke, and eat. All of this had to be done in secret, of course. That was their little fantasy. Something to look forward to, something that made their boring lives more exciting, and something that only they knew about. That may have explained Mal¡¯s unusual knowledge and experience with women at such a young age. He did everything he wanted to do with Ella sexually, and expected the other girls to know what she did, the way she did it. Mal often dumped Gaia and treated her like shit since he was already dating Ella way before they dated each other. Ella has been dating him for 5 years. She did everything to him/for him/with him. Naturally, she felt protective and possessive of him, and scared off whoever he was dating. When she found out that he took an interest in her little sister, she raged just like Eva, but couldn¡¯t show it since her reaction would expose everything they were trying to hide. The thought of Gaia and Mal doing and saying things to each other the way Ella and Mal did sent her into a jealous, psychotic frenzy. Chapter 5 ¡°Hello.¡± That¡¯s what the computer said when Gaia woke up. How can something as simple as a computer screen saying hello make her smile? First, it said hello when she was using the IBM computer in 4th grade. Then it said hello when she was typing up a sentence on the Apple computer in the computer lab in middle school. When she was playing Tetris at a computer lab in high school, it asked if she wanted to play again. When she got her first cell phone when she transferred to Long Beach State, the ringtone sounded like a hello. Whenever she would hear her cell phone ring, it sounded like: ¡°Hello moto.¡± Now that she was thirty-six with a 20 year old son named James and living in her own house, the Hello from the computer screen felt familiar. She was sure that it said Hello to everyone who owned a computer like hers, but this time it felt different. It was as if it was talking directly to her. Saying Hello to her. Telling her Good morning. Even the things she wrote on Word document over the years felt different. It was like having a friend, assistant, confidant, and guide to help her accomplish what she needed to accomplish that day. It didn¡¯t judge, criticize, or interrupt when she was speaking. It just listened while she droned on and on about trivial, important, big, small, intentional and random things. She has been doing this since elementary, so it was nothing new to write her thoughts out. There was some type of connection between the sun and the computer she used. At least this was what she noticed growing up. Despite the things in her childhood that she would rather forget; the sun, with its yellow disposition, warm rays and cheerful energy somehow knew her mood. It always knew how to cheer her up when she was outside in nature. Even at 5 years old when she didn¡¯t know much, she felt things that other kids her age didn¡¯t talk about. She felt the breeze on her skin; warm or cool. She felt the blades and leaves of a plant when she walked by it. She felt the happiness of flowers when she was around to notice them. She knew what the animals, large and small, were thinking when she saw them exploring like her.Stolen story; please report. They were just like her: young, innocent, carefree, and simple. Why couldn¡¯t her family be that way? What was so serious that they couldn¡¯t just be in the moment, appreciate the good and ignore the bad? She didn¡¯t know. She just did what she could, at that particular time, with the abilities that she had. Good morning, sunshine. That¡¯s what the sun seemed to say to her whenever she would see it in the morning. Hello. That¡¯s what the computer would say to her whenever she passed by it. Goodnight, my darling. That¡¯s what the moon seemed to say to her when she saw it at night, especially when its silver light poured through her window, past sheer curtains. ¡°Good night, moon.¡± Gaia would think to herself as she looked at the moon. Full in its form, pregnant in its glory, fertile in its purity, blinding white in its innocence. She learned to count on the sun and the moon as she grew up, like the parents she wished she had. The sun would provide light during the day, and the moon would provide light at night. It was like they were teams that took turns, resting at times, watching at times, marveling at times, horrified at times. One time she looked up at the night sky, and she saw a shooting star. It flew right by the stars, then disappeared. It happened so quickly that it was a flash, then it was over. Please keep me safe from harm. Soon after, she would fall asleep. Chapter 6 ¡°This isn¡¯t real.¡± ¡°What isn¡¯t?¡± ¡°It¡¯s all a dream.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Wake up.¡± Gaia woke up. The dream felt so vivid as if she was in it, living it, breathing it. She liked that reality better than the one she woke up in. She saw an angel. He was large, as tall as the ceiling. He had big white feathers that would have spanned the whole room if he spread out his wings. She heard of angels before but she never saw one. This was the first time she saw one in a dream. ¡°There you are.¡±Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. ¡°You were looking for me?¡± ¡°I¡¯m always watching you.¡± ¡°Always?¡± ¡°How can I protect you if I don¡¯t watch you?¡± ¡°Are you an angel?¡± ¡°Nah. Just one of your guides.¡± ¡°What do you want to do now?¡± ¡°Nothing. Just enjoying the moment while it lasts.¡± Gaia woke up. She couldn¡¯t quite figure out who she was dreaming about. It wasn¡¯t an angel. It wasn¡¯t anyone that she recognized. However, his energy was very familiar, as if she had known him before. It was like being reunited with a long lost family member, friend, lover, animal. Something that she trusted, valued, and cherished. She wanted to find out what would happen in the dream, but she woke up before she got to find out. She was circulating the room. Her eyes were watching the students in their desks, making sure they were listening to the speaker and acting respectful of the guest. She has heard of the speaker before but never met this person in real life. He knew a lot about math and science. They made a good team. While he was teaching a lesson, she was managing the classroom. There was not one student that was misbehaving or talking out of turn since she was there. Anyone that would cause her any problems would have to deal with her and the parents. Gaia woke up. Chapter 7 ¡°You look different.¡± Mal said. ¡°I do?¡± Gaia replied. ¡°Is it a new hair cut?¡±Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. ¡°No.¡± ¡°New top.¡± ¡°No.¡± ¡°What is it then?¡± ¡°It¡¯s nothing new. Just thought of something.¡± ¡°Is it someone else?¡± ¡°No. Something made me laugh.¡± ¡°It was something I said.¡± ¡°Yes, that¡¯s what it was.¡± That was a lie. Chapter 8 ¡°I wish I was never born.¡± Gaia said. ¡°Don¡¯t say that.¡± Gina replied. ¡°Why not?¡±The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°I would never know you.¡± ¡°That¡¯s true. But it¡¯s so messed up here.¡± ¡°I know.¡± ¡°You do?¡± ¡°Of course. I was the first mistake.¡± ¡°No you weren¡¯t.¡± ¡°Why do you say that?¡± ¡°I would never know you.¡± ¡°Hey, you just copied me.¡± ¡°I guess I did.¡± Chapter 9 She couldn¡¯t imagine treating James the way Eva treated her. How can something so pure, trusting, helpless and innocent be hated, neglected, blamed, abused, and used as a punching bag? She never understood that part, but that¡¯s how Eva was towards her. That was the reality that she grew up with. She didn¡¯t have the kind of mother she wanted. Instead, she had the kind of mother that she didn¡¯t want to be. Gaia didn¡¯t wait until she turned 18 on November 11, 1988. She found a studio within her means that had a bathroom, kitchen, and living room. That was more than enough for her and James. She would have to figure out where he would be at, but it was a means to finally move out of her parents¡¯ home. A month before she turned 18, she took what she needed to her new place, and threw everything else in the trash.You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. That studio became a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment where Gina, Gaia and James could live. Gina was already 28 when Gaia turned 18. She was not allowed to be on her own until she blatantly defied her family. She became an adult 7 years prior, and she was still treated like a child. Gina had enough of the poor treatment, and Gaia¡¯s pregnancy was the wake-up call to finally move out of Eva and Mel¡¯s tyrannical home. Chapter 10 She loved James. She protected him, treated him well, talked to him like a friend, taught him right from wrong, and was always honest with him about how things were since she saw people¡¯s real intentions. Since she had been around it since she was little, she became better at reading people. Whether they had good or bad intentions or whether they had good or bad hearts.If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. Gina, Gaia and James learned how to read people¡¯s energies/intentions/motives early on from experience. They knew when someone had positive or negative motives. Whatever it was, that being was an angel (source of positivity) or demon (source of negativity). They all had good hearts, good intentions, and good outlooks. Whoever was like them were trusted, and whoever was not like them were not trusted. Chapter 11 Gaia¡¯s own biological family saw and treated her as a slave, but she didn¡¯t see or treat James as one. It was the opposite: she supported what made him happy. The only difference was that James reciprocated what she gave to him. She saw herself as the person that was responsible for him. He saw her as the kind of person he wanted to be. The source of maternal love came from Gina, not Eva. Eva acted more like a competitive sister/friend than a mother to her own kids. Gaia used what she knew of love (what Gina showed her) and applied it to James. Gaia always had it in her, it just had to be brought out by the right person who was capable of it. Gina loved Gaia like a daughter. Gaia loved Gina like a mother. Gaia loved James the way a mother is supposed to love her own child.This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version. Chapter 12 Through James, Gaia learned how to be a mother. Through her own mother, she learned how not to be a mother. Since she felt so lonely, she went within to figure out why her life was so miserable and difficult. Gina and James made it bearable for her to survive the life that she knew as hell. That was the only way to describe it since the misery, suffering, attacks, abuse, and poor treatment didn¡¯t stop. They only got worse. Gina and James were her source of positivity, hope and light. Eva and Ella were her source of negativity.Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. Mel was worse since he always sided with Eva and Ella openly, while only siding with Gaia and Gina in secret. He was never out in the open about his affection towards them, at least not in front of Eva and Ella. He was more afraid of losing Eva and Ella than losing Gaia and Gina. He chose to side with demons instead of angels. Chapter 13 Gaia cannot be controlled like everyone else and forced into a mold she doesn¡¯t agree to. Her environment tried everything to get her to submit: abuse, humiliation, punishment, withholding, revenge, and neglect. It worked when she was growing up as a child, but it no longer made sense as she became an adult. Treating James the way she was treated was just atrocious and abhorrent in her eyes, especially his unbridled love, trust, and loyalty. He needed her for his own survival, protection, nourishment, and growth. She noticed that she never had what her friends had: a positive interaction with her family. Her friends had a relationship with her own parents/siblings, they were liked and respected by their family, and they were there when they needed help. Gaia never had that since she was treated like shit. She always wondered why her family didn¡¯t like her, but it was a different case outside of her home.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there. She was surrounded by people who were in a negative state: they hated their life, family, friends. They always seemed to want more than what they had. They were never happy with anything. Gaia was grateful for what she did have since she barely had anything to begin with. Most of those things were either stolen or withheld from her. She deserved to be happy and abundant with the means provided to her caretakers, but they chose to use that on themselves instead of giving it to Gaia where it rightfully belonged. Those things were for her, not them. They had the power and ability to make her happy but they chose not to. Instead, they chose her fate as misery: whatever she loved would be taken from her. Whatever she needed to be happy was attacked. Whoever supported her was attacked. That way, the idea of her being undesirable, unlovable, and undeserving of anything positive would be confirmed, like her family kept doing. Chapter 14 She¡¯s kind, honest, helpful and intuitive. Gaia is not manipulative, entitled, insecure, or lazy. She uses her resources for good, not bad. She is compassionate to the suffering of others since she knows what it¡¯s like to suffer. She¡¯s smart, hard-working, follows orders, and humble. She¡¯s beautiful, but has been told she is ugly and undesirable all her life, so she doesn¡¯t think it¡¯s true. All she sees is her flaws, not her strengths. Because of this, she has to work twice as hard as someone to even get a chance that most people take for granted. She had to work at her flaws all of her life since they were pointed out by her circle. Even when she accomplished something she thinks they would be happy about, they never gave her the praise or recognition she deserved. She learned to keep that to herself for fear of backlash.If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. Pamela is like Staci as an adult, making it. Since Gaia is nothing like Staci, she will never be a Pamela. She has already been counted out before she was given a chance. This was done to her on purpose to make her count herself out of anything that would help her evolve. Chapter 15 Mal is the male version of Eva. He does not want Gaia to succeed, be happy, or move on. If Eva can¡¯t control Gaia, Mal will try to. With a dad like Mel and a mom like Eva, he is the perfect person to make her believe that she¡¯s destined to be miserable since he¡¯s the best she could do. She¡¯s not good enough for him. Mal is a karmic (demon) who treated her like shit in the past like Eva, but is back to do the same thing. He didn¡¯t learn his lesson before just so he can come back and do the same shit again and get away with it. Rinse, repeat. Same negative cycle. Since Gaia has a history with Mal, he feels familiar to her, and the sexual attraction is strong. She believes he¡¯s her other half. Even though he knows he¡¯s not, he is milking her belief for as long as he can. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. He is Eva¡¯s counterpart (very similar), Ella¡¯s crush (he¡¯s just like Mel), and Mel¡¯s twin (a younger version). Mal kept breaking up with Gaia. She kept taking him back. That was the cycle. He would fuck things up, she would take him back, all is well, rinse repeat. The toxic cycle has been going on for a long time. It has no end or closure since it¡¯s supposed to repeat, only for the same shit to happen. Abusive cycle, toxic cycle, addiction, same thing. Chapter 16 The one guy that her family approved of, Mal, treated Gaia like shit. The irony of it. Just when the family actually liked someone she brought home to meet, he¡¯s wrong for her in every way. However, her need for acceptance from her environment was stronger than her judgement, so she kept taking back Mal despite his poor treatment of her. Nobody knew what was really going on except Mal and Gaia since it was hidden for people to see. Mal and Gaia made sure of that. On the outside, they seemed like the perfect couple. They knew how to say and do the right things to make people think everything was fine when it wasn¡¯t. Gaia was so devastated when Mal dumped her that she dated Chad for a month (whom she barely knew) just to deal with the break-up. The fourth break-up was so bad, it literally crushed Gaia physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. She did everything right, but he still rejected her attempts at affection. He never gave it to her, just like Eva. If he did, it was a small breadcrumb like Eva. It was all about control, and they both had it. They both took it from Gaia so that she wouldn¡¯t have any. That was a part of Eva¡¯s plan.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation. Gina saw what Gaia went through, knowing she didn¡¯t do anything to deserve such poor treatment from Mal. But it happened anyway, just like Eva¡¯s poor treatment of them. Gina knows about suffering since she went through the same thing by the same mother. Having to witness Gaia go through a break-up was one thing, but watching her get rejected again after the family found out about the pregnancy just made things worse. All of the blame was put on Gaia, and none on Eva, Mel, Ella, or Mal. This infuriated Gina. Gaia was being bullied relentlessly and nobody did anything to stop it or stand up for her. Chapter 17 The toxic cycle of abuse started during her childhood, and it was just perpetuated by Mal. Eva made sure that the toxic cycle of abuse, control, and indifference continued no matter how old Gaia became, where she went, who she went to, and what she did. Eva knew what has been going on since she, Mel, Mal, and Ella have been stalking her in any kind of way: personal information, government records, electronic devices, and interactions outside of the toxic circle. That¡¯s how Eva, Mel, Ella and Mal were able to keep tabs on her and beat her to the punch no matter what she did, where she went and who she turned to. Spiritually, they were demons attacking a divine being so they had no protection. Physically, they have more control over this reality so they used it to their advantage to keep Gaia down. Even though they knew they were being watched by the divine, they still kept abusing Gaia because that became their addiction. Abusing Gaia (master/slave mentality) was their drug and they became addicted to it.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. Since Gaia was their unlimited supply of drugs, money, abundance and status, they made sure they kept an eye on her. Noone else could have her since they were already taking turns taking a ¡°hit¡± on her. Why would they share her with anyone else when they were already using her? There¡¯s no room for an outsider since they already occupied the space in her mind, heart, body, and soul. This all worked as long as it was kept a secret and nobody knew about it. If they were exposed for the evil shit they were doing to her for no reason, that would be their end. There¡¯s no coming back from that. Chapter 18 Control makes Mal feel like a God. Power makes him feel like he can do whatever he wants. Since God is very powerful, he feels as if control gives him a lot of power. If people don¡¯t do what he wants, he forces them to do what he wants. Submission. He doesn¡¯t care about what people want, only what he wants. He doesn¡¯t see people as beings (sentient) with a mind and feeling of their own. He sees them as an extension of him. If people question him, he gets angry. Fear makes him feel powerful. The more people fear him, the more respected he feels. The more respected he feels, the more powerful he becomes. Since he is Eva¡¯s counterpart (twin flame, perfect match), they are very alike. One is a male, the other a female. Neither of them like being questioned, losing control, or dominated. To be dominated means to lose power. When people tried to stand up to Mal and Eva, they were punished severely to the point where no one tried it again. That was a statement/lesson for everyone to see. When things went their way, they were nice. When things didn¡¯t go their way, they were mean. They were so used to controlling others that they didn¡¯t have a need for self-control. They could do whatever they wanted while others couldn¡¯t.Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. If Gaia didn¡¯t have a conscience or cared about anything, she would be like Mal and Eva. She didn¡¯t like the outcome of not doing what¡¯s right. She saw that in Eva, Mel and Mal. Sure, it was an easy existence, but the price for that is the lack of growth, evolution and wisdom. How can anyone learn anything if they don¡¯t experience it for themselves? Chapter 19 Mal pretends to be something he¡¯s not. He shows what people want to see, and hides what people don¡¯t want to see. That way, all the public sees is the good, and none of the bad. He gauges how people are by doing research on them before he interactions with them. Like a predator stalking its prey, it looks for the right time to swoop in and capture the prey. He acts like a soulmate since he pretends to be what someone has been looking for. He anticipates what people need and want since he has already done his research on them: history, strength, weakness, fears, desires.If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. He wants all of the credit but none of the blame. He thinks it¡¯s always someone else¡¯s fault. He knows who is to blame all along, but doesn¡¯t do anything to stop it. Why would he? It¡¯s a trap that he set up and it¡¯s working. Something goes wrong since he set it up to happen that way. He pretends to be innocent when he¡¯s not. Chapter 20 Since Mal is very similar to Eva and Mel, Gaia immediately felt comfortable with his energy. He felt like home (family member). At least what Gaia has come to know as ¡°home.¡± She didn¡¯t know that she was in a toxic environment since she has never been able to compare home to anything else. Her environment made sure that anything opposite of ¡°home¡± or ¡°normal¡± was not to be trusted. Gaia became wary of strangers, visitors, and anything that was nice to her since their intentions were evil. That¡¯s what her family told her, so that¡¯s what Gaia viewed as normal. People asked Mal all the time if his name was pronounced with an E (Mel) or an A (Mal). He learned that Mike was a safe choice for a nickname so people didn¡¯t have to question his name. Mike (short for Michael) was trusted by most people so he used that to his advantage. People didn¡¯t need to know his real name, so he preferred Mike instead of Mel. If people asked his real name, he would tell them Michael. That immediately stopped the nosy questions. Since Gaia and Mel were karmic soulmates, they were together before in many lifetimes. Their energies feels familiar since they are not new to each other. Just reincarnated versions of their old selves. Many people mistake karmics with twin flames since they often start out the same way. Karmics need to prove that they are the perfect match to be chosen (demons) and twin flames know who their match is so they don¡¯t have anything to prove (angels).Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. Mal and Gaia have been in that dynamic before: master (Mal) and slave (Gaia). Sadist (Mal) and masochist (Gaia). While it worked out for Mal having all of the control and Gaia voluntarily giving hers up, it was always one-sided. Mal was always the master and Gaia was always the slave. Mal couldn¡¯t imagine having to put up with what he put Gaia through, and Gaia couldn¡¯t imagine putting someone through what Mal put her through. But they both volunteered to incarnate to experience the dynamic, so there were no victims since they both chose it. It got to the point where Gaia got tired of always being Mal¡¯s slave. She didn¡¯t agree or volunteer to incarnate as Mal¡¯s slave anymore since she already learned from that experience. Mal, however, never got to experience being someone¡¯s slave and relinquishing all control to someone else. That is something that he is afraid of experiencing. Chapter 21 Helios (gas, sun, source of life) is Gaia¡¯s other half. He referred to himself as Will. Like Mal, when asked what his full name was, he just says William. That immediately stopped all the nosy questions. If anyone wanted to know his real name, he would have to trust them completely. He knew that most beings were demons just waiting for a chance to use whatever they can use to satiate their evil desires. He didn¡¯t trust demons since he knew how low and destructive they are, and he only trusts divine beings once he gets to know them. That is a rare thing. He is loving, patient, kind, respectful, and protective. He is the complete opposite of Eva, Mel, Ella, and Mal. They all told Gaia that Helios is not to be trusted since he¡¯s just being nice with ulterior motives. They all have a red flag/warning sign on Helios who has the ability to expose and end them if people knew what they have been hiding and who. However, his energy was similar to Gina¡¯s, which Gaia immediately recognizes. Her family may not like him, but Gina and James did. Since she trusts Gina and James, she grew to like Will as a friend throughout high school. She wasn¡¯t attracted to him (he wasn¡¯t what she was used to) but she did start seeing him as someone she could depend on like a good friend.Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site. Helios didn¡¯t know that he has a controlling side of him (master) but it will eventually come out when he meets Gaia. He has been with Gaia before too like Mal. They are soulmates (their energy is not new to each other) but his energy is different from Mal¡¯s. Helios and Gaia have been family, friends, lovers, neighbors, co-workers, etc. before. It was always a supportive kind of energy which translated into a supportive kind of connection. Helios has also been Gaia¡¯s master, slave, owner, property, and vice versa so they never had to wonder what it would be like to experience such a thing. It has always been mutual and equal. Chapter 22 Gaia should have been happy and abundant since that¡¯s what her real parents (creators) gave her. But on the Earth realm, the people that raised her purposely denied the things that made her happy. Instead, they purposely gave her things that make her miserable and blamed her for the outcome. Helios is Gaia¡¯s twin brother in the spiritual realm (he¡¯s the male version of her). They think, act, and react alike. Their differences are enough so that they balance each other out since what the other lacks, the other has and vice versa. They would support each other¡¯s happiness.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. Gaia is in need of help. Helios wants to help Gaia. They are not aware of it, but things have been set in place so that they meet when it¡¯s time for them to meet. Then things that didn¡¯t make sense before will start to make sense. Clarity will happen the closer it gets to the end.