17/05/2026
Episode 7 — “The Twin They Hid From Me”
My hands started shaking violently.
I stared at the photograph again.
Then again.
Then again.
The little boy beside my parents looked exactly like me.
Same eyes.
Same face.
Same birthmark near the neck.
I looked up slowly at my mother, who was still suspended in the air struggling to breathe.
“Mama…”
My voice cracked.
“What does this mean?”
Tears rolled down her face immediately.
The creature wearing my father’s face smiled darkly.
“Tell him the truth.”
The tall black-clothed man shouted:
“Don’t listen to that thing!”
But it ignored him.
Its black eyes remained fixed on me.
“You were born as twins.”
The room suddenly felt smaller.
Hotter.
My chest tightened painfully.
“No…”
The creature pointed toward the photograph.
“Your brother did not die.”
My mother screamed loudly:
“STOP!”
Immediately she fell hard to the ground coughing violently.
I rushed toward her.
“Mama!”
She grabbed my face with trembling hands.
“Samuel… listen carefully… your brother was taken the night you were born.”
Everything inside me froze.
“Taken by who?”
Nobody answered immediately.
Then slowly…
The tall man removed a strange necklace from his neck.
On it was the same symbol carved into the wooden box.
“By the Order.”
Thunder exploded outside.
My mother cried harder.
“Your father agreed before you were born.”
I stepped back in horror.
“Agreed to WHAT?!”
The creature laughed softly.
“Power.”
Silence filled the room.
Then my mother finally confessed:
“Your father joined the society because we were poor.”
Tears streamed down her face.
“They promised wealth… protection… influence…”
The creature’s smile disappeared.
“But every blessing demanded blood.”
My stomach turned instantly.
The tall man spoke coldly:
“One child from every chosen bloodline belongs to the Order.”
I felt sick.
“So my father gave away my twin brother?!”
Nobody answered.
And that silence was enough.
I staggered backward in disbelief.
The creature suddenly growled angrily.
“I changed my mind after seeing what they truly were!”
The walls shook violently again.
“I tried to escape with both children.”
The tall man shouted:
“YOU BROKE THE COVENANT!”
The creature roared back:
“YOU TURNED MY SON INTO A MONSTER!”
Everybody froze.
Then slowly…
The tall man lowered his head.
And from outside the compound…
Footsteps approached.
Heavy footsteps.
Many footsteps.
One by one…
Dark figures entered through the broken gate.
Men and women dressed completely in black.
At least twenty of them.
Standing silently in the rain.
Then the crowd parted.
And somebody stepped forward slowly.
A young man.
About my age.
Same height.
Same face.
Same eyes.
He looked exactly like me.
Then he smiled slowly and said:
“Hello, brother.”
TO BE CONTINUED. Watch out for episode 8