HALOS patakbong nagtungo sa loob ng kuwarto niya si Zenaia bago isinara at ini-lock ang pinto niyon. Naihilamos niya ang mga kamay sa mukha. Her heart is beating really fast. She knows what happened while she's having a headache. It's the first time that she felt that way, like she wants to hurt someone. She had never been that upset before.
Ano bang pumasok sa isip niya para magsabi nang ganoon at sa ganoong tono pa ng boses? Does it affect her that much that Billius kept the truth about him being the legendary lycanthrope?
"It doesn't make any sense. Why would I be mad at him for learning something like that? It's not really that surprising seeing as how strong he is and how these people have been treating him."
Naiiling siyang naupo sa gilid ng higaan.
"It's like, I wasn't even myself for a moment." Naibulong niya.
Tumayo siya at nagtungo sa harap ng salamin at tinitigan ang sariling repleksiyon doon. She couldn't find anything unusual. She looks the same, but she couldn't ignore the fact that she had seen queen Sofia's reaction when the woman looked at her face when she's currently having a headache. It's as if they saw something in her that she is not aware of.
"Ano na bang nangyayari sa akin?"
Pumikit siya nang mariin at inalala ang pag-eensayo na ginawa kasama si Billius. She couldn't remember anything after she had seen him aiming to flick her on the forehead for the tenth time. She couldn't even remember if he was able to do it because that's when she suddenly blacked out. Tapos ay nagkamalay na lang siya sa mga bisig nito.
Muli niyang inalala ulit ang lahat para maintindihan kung ano na ba ang nangyayari.
'Feruseah...'
She gasped and opened her eyes. She stared at her bewildered features. Somewhere in the deepest corner of her mind, she remembered Billius calling her by the name of Feruseah.
Billius called her Feruseah.
"But why?"
She fumbled her thoughts and tried to remember where she had heard that name before and who it was. Saka nanlalaki ang mga mata niyang napatitig muli sa sariling repleksiyon.
"He called me Feruseah... But he said, Feruseah is the name of his beloved..." Her gaze wavers as she stared even more at her face. She stumbled backward. Tila nawalan ng lakas ang mga binti at tuhod niya. "I-I a-am the r-reincarnation of his beloved."
Hindi siya makapaniwala sa natuklasan. Bahagya siyang nakaramdam ng tuwa na siya ring agad na naglaho. "Is that the reason why he is so intent in protecting me? Because I have the face of the person he loves?"
'No. You are a complete different person,' he growled through gritted teeth. 'You may have her features right now, but you are not her.'
Napakurap siya nang ilang ulit para pigilin ang pamumuo ng mga luha nang maalala ang mga katagang iyon na pinawalan nito. He had said those words. She may have his beloved's features, but she is not Feruseah. Muling gumuhit ang sakit sa dibdib niya.
"Is that the reason why he wants to break the curse? Because it's the curse of the woman he's been waiting for? Then, that means... he's doing all these things for her, and not for me." Napakagat siya sa labi. "But, why would he call me that? Something I did must have reminded him of her," she said bitterly. Napaupo siya sa carpet at sumandal sa drawer na nasa gilid ng malaking salamin.
She hugged her knees.
'You may have her features right now, but you are not her.'
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