Taming the Darkness (Series 3)

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

"WHY am I even doing this?" the young, teenage vampire asked into the air as he picked up some dried branches. He sounded annoyed and yet he still resumed what he's doing.

Kinuha niya ang abaka at ginamit na panali sa mga tuyong kahoy na kanina pa niya kinokolekta. Walang hirap na ibinuhat niya ang mga iyon gamit ang isang kamay lamang. He looked up at the clear blue sky. Tirik na tirik ang araw, indikasyon na malapit nang magtanghaling-tapat. Nagbaba na siya ng tingin at naglakad pabalik sa loob ng kuweba.

He then untied the woods and broke them in half before tossing them one by one in a make-shift fireplace to feed the fire that is warming the cold stone walls of the cave.

He's not an ordinary creature. He knows that he is not just a mere mortal, a vampire or even a werewolf. He has all the qualities of the three. Ngunit hindi niya alam kung sino at kung ano ba talaga siya. And aside from that fact, he's still sensitive to temperature, as unusual as it sounds.

Pagkatapos niyon ay isinantabi niya ang mga natirang kahoy sa isang gilid bago naglakad patungo sa higaan kung saan nakahiga ang isang babae.

He glanced down at the form. He had made a lot of effort to clean her up, to get rid of the bloodstains and dirt from her body, and even changed her ripped clothes with stolen ones that he took from the nearby town.

He couldn't understand why he's exerting so much effort for a mere mortal when he has nothing as well.

Not even an identity.

He sighed and pulled a wooden stool and sat on it.

How long has it been since he took her body?

Apat na taon na.

And yet, this woman is still not in the process of decomposition. He's not even sure if she's really dead or alive. With nothing to supplement her body, it's more impossible for her to stay alive.

He knew something was up the moment he felt that energy four years ago. She's all human, she has no heartbeat and was already dead at the time. But, after feeling that energy build up, her wounds started to close on their own, very slowly.

Nagsimulang maghilom lahat ng galos at sugat sa katawan nito. Maging ang mga nabali nitong buto ay kusang bumalik sa dating posisyon na tila may mga invisible na kamay na gumagawa niyon. Sobrang bagal nga lamang ng proseso at inabot ng tatlo at kalahating taon bago maglaho nang tuluyan ang mga sugat. He was expecting a heartbeat next, but it never came.

He normally thought that she must have been turned into a vampire. Ngunit walang kahit anong indikasyon na nagpakita niyon. Her reflection remains the same. Ni hindi ito namutla kahit bangkay na ito.

Dahil sa nasaksihan ay nagpasiya siyang itago na muna ang katawan nito sa loob ng kuweba kung saan siya kasalukuyang naninirahan.

He reached out and took the woman's left wrist for what could be the thousandth time, he checked if there's a pulse.

"Nothing..." he said and looked up at her face. Ni hindi niya alam kung bakit patuloy pa rin niyang ginagawa ang bagay na iyon. "All of your small and fatal wounds have already healed. Ngunit hanggang ngayon ay wala ka pa ring pulso. I couldn't even tell if you had become a vampire because of the deranged's venom. And you still smelled and looked completely human."

Hindi rin ito nangayayat man lang. It only looked like she had been sleeping for years, without a heartbeat. Marahan niyang ibinalik ang kamay nito sa higaan.

"At hindi ko rin alam kung bakit magpahanggang ngayon ay nandito ka." He stood from his seat and combed his black hair with his fingers in frustration. "Tsk!"