THE HELL KING'S BRIDE [UNDER REVISION]

†THKB 15: Mother

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CHAPTER 15: MOTHER

They betrayed her.

And the cruelest part was not simply the act itself, but the knowledge behind it—
that her own sister had been carefully weaving a plan to end her life.

Carquirelle still did not understand why.

She searched through every memory they shared, replaying moments again and again, as if the past could somehow offer an explanation.

She had been a good older sister.

Hindi ba sapat ang lahat ng sakripisyong ginawa niya?

Carnala was all she had left.

Her only family.

The reason she endured.

The reason she kept walking forward, even when life became unbearable.

Carquirelle built her future with Carnala in mind, brick by brick, dream by dream—
only to realize that Carnala, all along, wanted to tear everything down.

That night, her tears did not stop.

Binuhos niya ang lahat ng luha, as though grief could wash away what she had witnessed.
And yet, escape no longer felt possible.

Para saan pa?

How could she return to her own world and face them?

The betrayal.

The lies.

The quiet plotting of her death.

Did Jordin know?

Was he aware of what Carnala had planned?

And if he did...

why did he stay silent?

Why did he let her walk blindly into danger?

Heath had been right.

She was naive.

So easily fooled.

For so long, she had loved them.

Trusted them.

Given them everything.

But she would not allow herself to be broken that way again.

Not anymore.

She locked herself inside her room.The bed became her prison, her body too heavy to rise.

Nakatitig lamang siya sa kisame, her mind emptied by exhaustion. Then, the door creaked open.

She did not turn around.

She did not need to.

Even without looking, she recognized him.