Zion
"Do not waste your chance. You still have time." Her sister convinced while drinking here inside the VIP room.
"Ilang araw na lang, mawawala na 'ko. She sent me away. We're over." Malamig na sagot ko.
"You're giving up? You gave up on her? Tss, wala ka palang panama kay Conard." Paninisi niya.
"Don't compare me to him. He's worse than me." Galit na tugon ko pero tinawanan niya lang ako.
"Conard did everything for me. And so with Ruby." Itinumba niya ang baso kaya mahina akong napamura. "Just like that. He took Ruby down for me-
"And you're proud of that?! That she suffered a lot because of you?! Fuck off, Jacquer!"
Itinayo niyang muli ang baso atmahinang natawa sa mga narinig.
"But he did not let her shatter into pieces." Idinulas niya ang baso mula sa kanya. "He chose me. He made a distance between them... He and Ruby. After that, he poured everything he have for the both of us. Until we two became two shots who can toast again."
While narrating it, she's doing what she's saying. She poured drinks on our glass.
"What are you talking about?!" Maang-maangan na sagot ko at nilagok ang inilagay niya.
"Wala ka sa kanya. He's brave enough and you are just a piece of fur that keeps on flying away when the storm blows."
"If you will just going to provoke and insult me just leave, Rashea!"
Tumayo ako pero itinulak niya ako sa couch. Matalim niya akong tinignan sa mga pula niyang mga mata. Nakahawak ang kamay niya sa leeg ko at nagbabantang gumawa ng sugat gamit ang matalim niyang panaklaw.
"Calm down..." She hushed. "Conard did everything for us... Kahit na naubos siya. How many years... Countless, Zion. He may be a bastard in everyone's eyes but he's selfless. He did the right thing. He chose me but he never left my sister until we two became what we were before again."
"Then what do you want me to do?! Choose another girl without leaving her?!"
"Do the right thing. There's no early neither late timing in choosing the right thing."
Kinuha niya ang gamit niya at lumingon sa huling pagkakataon.
"I chose the right thing." I whispered.
"You didn't. She did not let you go to go away. Knowing my sister very well, she let you go to wait if you will leave or come back."
I gulped when I saw tears fell from her eyes.
"Don't reap my sister again... Please, choose her this time, Zion. Don't hurt her." Tahimik na iyak niya bago pihitin ang door knob. "Ikaw ngayon ang lumaban para sa kanya. You still have time until the grand ball on the next day. If you will walk away and accept your death like that, she will not hesitate this time to marry another man."
She stepped out. I crushed the glass with my bare hands. Umagos ang dugo mula sa palad ko. Sana katulad natin sila... Ruby Shim, bakit tayo napunta sa ganito?
Hindi ito ang mga bagay na pinangarap natin noon. Hindi ba't sabi mong hindi tayo maghihiwalay? Nasaan ka na? Saan na tayo napunta? Gusto kong bumalik sa umpisa... At sana kung babalik man ako sa araw na nabangga kita, sana roon, kaya na nating maging tuwid at tama. Nang sa ganoon ay hindi ako paulit-ulit na humihiling na sana bumalik ka na.
"You're going out? Zion... 'yang kamay mo."
"May pupuntahan lang ako." Lasing na sagot ko kay Drine.
BINABASA MO ANG
Scent of Eclipse
FantasiRuby, a powerful werewolf that holds a deep grudge against her pack, was assigned to bring the enemy of their clan down to end the war. She encounters Zion, a man who wants her to help him find the werewolves who murdered his parents and took his si...
