KEEPING THE LAST BULLET
CHAPTER 22
AVRIONNE'S POINT OF VIEW
Knock! Knock!
I remained staring at the ceiling, didn't even bother to ask who was knocking at the door. Hindi ko na 'rin halos mabilang kung pang ilang beses na ba ito.
"Queen, you have to eat. Tatlong araw ka nang hindi kumakain," tinig ng isang Ginang mula sa labas.
"Queen?"
I went off the bed and opened the door. I looked at her boringly and stared at the food she was holding.
"Queen-
Stop calling me that. Iris, call me Iris."
I opened the door widely and went back to the bed.
"Kailangan mo'ng kumain," saad nito, tila nakikiusap ang mga mata.
"I don't want to," sagot ko naman pabalik tsaka muling humiga at nagtalukbong nig kumot.
"Pero ako ang kagagalitan ni King Phoenix-
-Throw the food. And then tell him that I ate it," tinatamad ko'ng sagot.I heard a sigh and then felt her presence beside me.
"You are torturing yourself," saad nito sa akin.
Hindi ko alam kung sino siya. She was the woman who blindfolded me the first day I was here.Hindi ko alam kung bakit siya nanginigelam.She's been bragging out the door every day, and then do nothing but to lecture me like she is my mother.
"No, YOU are torturing me," pagtatama ko.
Totoo naman di'ba? They're forcing me to be here. Dragged me in this hell and prisoned me inside this room. They took my freedom and strength away. Why bother feeding me, right?
"Sinusunod lamang namin ang inuutos ni King Phoenix."
The day I arrived here, was also the day that for that guy to claim the inherited position as a king.
" 'Yun na nga 'eh! Bakit? Hindi ba ito naman ang gusto niyong mangyari? Pahirapan ako? Hanggang sa unti-unti akong mamatay? Sa lungkot? Sa pag-iisa? Kaya bakit mo pa ako pakakainin? Bakit mo ba ako pinakikielaman? Ano ba'ng pakielam mo?" mapait na tanong ko rito.
I feel so weak. Not physically, but deep inside my heart.
All of my life, I never felt being alone. Because I know that I have them, that they're just one call away.Ngayon ay malayo ako sa lahat. I am so clueless and damn worried about my youngest brother.
Is he alright? Did he hurt him?
"Of course I care. Amethyst-"
Natigil ito sa sasabihin. Ngunit hindi nakaligtas sa aking pandinig ang huli nitong iniusal.
"What did you call me?" taka ko'ng tanong, nakakunot ang dalawang kilay.
"W-Wala po, mahal na r-reyna." Naging balisa ito tsaka dali-daling binitbit ang mga pagkain.
"M-Muuna na po ako."
Sa pagmamadali nitong makaalis ay nahulog ang babasaging plato na ikinalaki ng kaniyang mga mata.
"P-Patawad! M-Mahal na reyna!"
She was about to pick the broken thing scattered on the ground when I stopped her by holding her hand tightly.
BINABASA MO ANG
Keeping The Last Bullet (Under Major Editing)
Action"I was born to suffer.I was born to be hurt.I was born to kill lives.But don't you think I've done enough? That I deserve to be loved too? By you....perhaps? A monster A living cold ice.. A killing machine... That is how they see Avrionne Iris Ceran...
