Tọlá Belva

Writer, poet, and a butterfly in her 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 era.

Category: Fiction

  • Sophia sat quietly in her dorm room at Westwood University, staring at the walls as memories of the past year flooded her mind. She used to be the girl with a contagious laugh, a dreamer who could light up any room she entered. She aspired to become a psychologist, helping others how she’d always hoped…

  • A short story… Chapter 1: Waking in the Rubble The alarm shattered the silence at 4:00 a.m, its sound as grating as the heaviness in her chest. She slapped it off and lay still, staring at the ceiling. The shadows from the blinds stretched across the room like ominous fingers. Another day. Rolling out of…

  • Chapter 1: The Driver’s Code Chicago wakes before the sun, its skyline piercing the dawn as Lake Michigan shimmers with early light. The Windy City moves fast, a blur of honking horns, L-trains rumbling overhead, and the hum of people chasing something—money, dreams, or escape. Isaiah “Zay” Washington, 36, is one of them, maneuvering his…

  • Chapter 1: The Driver’s Code Chicago wakes before the sun, its skyline piercing the dawn as Lake Michigan shimmers with early light. The Windy City moves fast, a blur of honking horns, L-trains rumbling overhead, and the hum of people chasing something—money, dreams, or escape. Isaiah “Zay” Washington, 36, is one of them, maneuvering his…

  •                            Chapter 1: Waking in the Rubble The alarm shattered the silence at 4:00 a.m, its sound as grating as the heaviness in her chest. She slapped it off and lay still, staring at the ceiling. The shadows from the blinds stretched across the room like ominous fingers. Another day. Rolling out of bed, she…

  • Prologue: The Storm Before the Silence The rain poured relentlessly, a steady drumming against the world that seemed to pulse in rhythm with the tension building in the air. It was a storm like no other, fierce and unyielding, as if nature itself was bracing for something monumental. In the midst of the storm, a…