HOWLINGS AND SHADOWS (Thindrel Howzit Hawthorne)

🐾III. Intruders🐾

Thindrel Howzit Hawthorne

Isang linggo na ang nagdaan ngunit hindi pa umuuwi ang mga magulang ko. Though, I'm used to it since the day they made me live inside the palace and not in our home.

Ngunit kakaiba pa rin sa pakiramdam iyong may kasama ka. Freya and Amara are always inside their own palace. Hindi sila pinapalabas nila Uncle.

They will become a Queen eventually pero matagal pa iyon. I wish I'm about their age so we can lead together.

Tanaw ko ang kalakihan ng buwan. It's almost full moon kaya unti-unti ang paglaki ng buwan.

I lean myself on the railings of the balcony as my jeans hang lazily on ny waist. Kakatapos ko lang sa sariling kasiyahan and the woman for my night is on the bed.

Hindi ako mapakali. That's my first time killing some creatures on my own. Halo-halo ang nararamdaman ko. I want to do it again and kill more of them.

The kind of satisfaction when killing one of them feels like heaven to me. I'm craving for blood on my hands and the life I will take with it.

Napalingon ako sa likoran ko ng may dahan-dahang humaplos sa dibdib ko pababa. It's my girl for tonight.

"Hmmm! My King, I want to do it again", malambing na sabi nito sa akin.

Umismid ako. I don't play the same toys when I'm done with it.

Siguro ay napansin niya ang pagkawalang kibo ko ay mas lalong bumaba ang kamay niya hanggang sa unti-unti niyang binaba ang pantalon ko.

I let her do that since I don't care anyway. She stroke mine twice. My body didn't react to it. She stroke it over and over again pero wala siyang reaksyon na nakukuha sa akin.

Nakatingala lang ako sa malaking buwan at pilit na iniisip kung ano na naman ang mangyayari kapag kabilogan na naman. It's always chaos and bloody.

Dati ay natatakot ako kapag dumating na ang kabilogan ng buwan pero ngayon ay parang nag-iba ang aking pananaw. I'm looking forward to it. I'm excited like I can't stay put until that day arrives.

"Hmp!", angal ng babae ng wala akong sinukli sa pagpapasarap niya sa akin.

Huminga ako ng malalim bago tumalikod sa railings. Ng makitang gumalaw ako ay ngumiti siya ng matamis sa akin at tumingkayad para abutin ang labi ko.

"Please, let's do it again. I'm thirsty for you", she moaned with just even a kiss.

Bumaba naman ang halik ko sa kanyang leeg. Not to pleasure her but to pleasure me. I bite her neck and suck her blood. She's still under compulsion so she didn't react.

I detached my fangs from her neck and look at her in the eyes.

"Get out. I'm done with you", sabi ko at wala namang pasubaling umalis ito.

I don't usually play the same toys when I'm done tasting it. I don't know where did the death dealers took that girl from but she's different from last night and heck, she's not pure. I hate the taste.

Hihiga na sana ako para makapagpahinga na ngunit may narinig akong ingay sa kanang bahagi. I'm sure my Uncle's didn't hear it dahil masyadong malayo ang palasyo nila sa pinanggalingan ng ingay.

I immediately wore my clothes back and jumped from the balcony. Ng lumapat ang mga paa ko sa lupa ay mas lalong lumakas ang ingay.

It's thr middle of the night but there are still death dealers who are still monitoring around the palace.

Ng makita nila ako ay kaagad nila akong pinuntahan.

"King Thindrel, bakit gising pa kayo sa dis oras ng gabi?", sabi ng isa sa kanila.

"Have you heard a noise?", tanong ko sabay turo sa loob ng kagubatan.

Umiling naman sila sa akin.

"Wala po, King Thindrel", sagot naman ng isa pa.

Tumango ako sa kanila. "Follow me", I ordered and went inside the forest. They follow me as I lead them inside the foggy forest.

Kahit na maliwanag ang paningin namin sa gabi ay naapektuhan pa rin ng makapal na fogs.

Mas lalong lumakas ang ingay. The death dealers with me are now growling too. Alam kong naramdaman din nila ang naramdaman ko. I know they also heard it.

Mas lalo kaming pumasok sa loob ng kagubatan at doon ko napagtanto kung nasaan na kami. We are very much far away from our kingdom na hindi man lang namin namalayan. Hindi ko na rin alam kung saang banda na kami.

May malaking apoy ang nakasindi sa gitna ng clearing. A large creatures are partying and they are circling the huge fire with dances.

Kumunot ang noo ko. Umambang susugod ang isa sa death dealers, mabuti ay napigilan ko siya.

Lycanthrope. Iyon ang unang sumagi sa isip ko sa nakita. They're not in a lycanthrope form but in human, but that filthy smell from then tells me they are.

Nagtago kami sa likod ng malaking puno para hindi nila kami makita. I saw their leader stands up and started to sniff around.

The party slowly stop when their leader raise his hands up.

"Stop the party! There are intruders around", the leader growled as he walk towards the forest entrance.

Mas lalo kaming nagtago doon ngunit ng pag-atras ng isa sa death dealers na dala ko ay naapakan niya ang bear traps at napasigaw ito.

I gritted my teeth when four of the lycanthrope shifted and immediately run towards our direction.

Bago pa sila tuloyang makalapit ay inatake ko na sila.

I jump into the air and twisted the head of one of them and it fall into the ground. Natigil ang tatlo at ang ibang naroon sa clearing.

"INTRUDERS! VAMPIRES!", sigaw ng isa sa tatlo at sinugod na nila kami.

Hindi rin ako nagpahuli sa kanila. With the strength of the death dealers, there's no way we can win this fight since we're out of numbers than them but we can try.

Don't underestimate my powers, lycanthropes. You don't know who I am. You don't know who you are fighting with.