bound beyond fates

chapter 69.

as i opened my eyes, a familiar ceiling welcome me. this ceiling... this looks like from my room in the palace before. or is it?!

napabalikwas ako sa pagkakahiga ko at nilibot ang aking tingin. this room-! why i am here?! this room is my bedroom in the daisy palace! don't tell me i'm back once again?

aalis sana ako sa kama nang bumukas ang pintuan ng walk in closet ko. eli!

"princess! you're already awake!" masiglang pahayag ni eli at dali daling niyakap ako. nanigas ako sa kinatatayuan ko kaya mabilis siyang bumitaw.

"i'm sorry! i didn't mean-" napatigil siya sa pagsasalita nang makita ang ekspresyon ko. hinihingal ako habang hawak hawak ang dibdib ko at napaupo dahil hindi ako makahinga. no. no. no, i don't to be back here again. i don't want feel that hell again. please. no. no. get me out of here!

"princess! please calm down!" natatarantang saad ni eli habang hawak hawak ang pareho kong balikat. how can i calm down when i'm back from this place?! the place where i suffered so much?! where they hurt my mother and killed her?! please! i don't want go back here!

"princess!" i flinched when eli suddenly grabbed my face at pinaharap sakanya. she's looking at me severely and spoke firmly.

"that man is already dead. king drex was killed by your father so no one will try to harm you anymore." i stared at her teal eyes that is looking at me honestly.

" then, will i be safe in this place?" nag aalinlangan kong tanong habang unti unti nang bumabalik ang paghinga ko.

" of course! the people around here will protect you from now on. besides you have me and i think aziel will stay here."

" aziel?"

" yes! aziel broke your curse even to his majesty and princess thiarra. it means that all of you are finally free. that must be a great feeling right?" nakangiti niyang pahayag habang unti unting nagsi sink in saakin ang sinabi niya.

right. the chains wrapped around us. fuerox kingdom. the ambush. isolation barrier. revelation of my real identity. hallucinations. aziel. father.

napahawak ako sa ulo ko nang biglang kumirot ito at dinamram ko ang sarili ko kung may hallucinations at kadena pang nakapulupot sa katawan ko. somehow i feel lighter for the first time in my life. i-is the curse already gone? did really aziel removed it?

"where is he? where's aziel?" tumayo ako upang hanapin siya pero pinigilan ako ni eli.

"don't worry, sir clyde told me earlier that he's staying in a room. he's currently busy so it's better if you prepare yourself first." busy? why would he busy?

"prepare?"

" yes. you're the princess of claveria and the one and only daughter of his majesty so you have to act from now on." striktong turan niya at dali dali akong hinigit papasok ng paliguan.

habang inaayusan niya ako, ikinuwento niya saakin ang nangyari noong pinatulog ako ni aziel. a week from now on, a war will start again between our kingdom and fuerox. so that man is already preparing our army and discussing our strategies.

"eli, i am going to the battlefield next week." i announced as she fixing my clothes. mabilis namang tumingin sa direksyon ko si eli at umiling.

"no! i'm sure his majesty will not agree."

" then i will convince him."

" no! you'll only get yourself in danger just like what happened yesterday!" she scolded me but i only smiled at her. nakita ko ang pendant na gawa ko kaya kinuha ko ito at sinuot.