CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
HALOS tumigil ang paghinga ko sa narinig. Parang naubusan ako ng hangin at namumutla ang buong mukha ko. Dumagundong sa akin ang matinding kaba at halos mawalan ng lakas ang mga binti ko.
"H-he... Lord Boris... He's... He's dead," Flurry stuttered to say between sobs. Blaze immediately walked away in an urgent manner. Tinulungan kong maupo sa may upuan si Flurry saka sumunod sa kaniya. Nagkakagulo na ang buong kastilyo. Patuloy lang kami sa paglalakad at hindi alintana ang mga nag-iiyakan at nakahandusay na sa sahig na mga miyembro ng royal family. This is bad. This is really bad.
Kinakabahan ako. Ito na ang ikinatatakot ko. I can't read what Blaze is thinking. He's just trudging quietly towards the king's chamber. I can only see the back of his dangling white robe and his clenching fist. Hindi ko na mapigilan pa ang panginginig ng mga kamay ko.
Nang marating namin ang silid ng ama niya, maraming mga guwardiyang nakaluhod sa harap ng pinto. Agad silang nagsitayuan at gumilid silang lahat nang makita ang prinsipe. Blaze just slammed the door open and barged in. Inside were a couple of maids and the queen crying while clutching unto her deceased husband on the floor. I was taken aback while watching the whole scenario. It reminds me of my father's death when I saw the cold corpse of the Ipena's king.
"Father...." Blaze slowly walked towards his father's body. When he sat next to his mother, Queen Fiona pushed him away.
"Don't touch my husband!" She shrieked. Nanikip ang dibdib ko habang pinapanood ang mga nangyayari. Pilit hinahawakan ni Blaze ang ina pero itinataboy siya nito habang patuloy na pumapalahaw. Parang nawala na siya sa katinuan at nagwawala na siya sa may sahig at pinipilit na gisingin ang asawa.
After a few moments, Blaze stood from the ground and faced the maids who were sitting together in the corner of the room. He have this dark aura around him. His eyes were sharp and his expression looks like he could kill. He's a bit scary.
"Who among you killed my father?" He asked, sounding so calm despite the storm brewing inside of him. Lalong natakot ang mga maids. Nagsiksikan sila lalo sa gilid at nagsimulang mag-iyakan.
"Walang sasagot sa inyo? Sino ang pumatay sa ama ko!?" Dumagundong ang boses ni Blaze sa apat na sulok ng silid kasabay ng lalong paglamig ng paligid. Guards suddenly marched inside the room. Blaze gestured for them to arrest all the poor maids. Some of them tried to break loose but to no avail. Some cried, some begged. But all of them got arrested.
Pinunasan ko ang mga luha sa mata ko. Unti-unting humarap sa akin si Blaze. Masama ang tinging ibinigay niya sa akin. That was the moment I knew he already loathe me.
"Are you one of them? Is that why you're here?" He asked coldly with a glare. His expression is a combination of anger, pain, destruction, woebegone and hatred. I never imagined him looking at me like that. He's looking at me like the way the people of Sitio Balagbag bore their eyes on me with hate and disgust. It breaks my heart how his eyes turned from calming into disastrous. And I don't have enough courage to look back at those white orbs anymore. I bowed my head as my tears started to flow. Ipinagdikit ko ang wrists ko saka inilagay iyon sa harap ko para ipakita sa kaniya.
"Arrest me, your highness," I mumbled with my trembling lips. I feel accountable for his father's demise so I'm now surrendering myself. I felt my heart broke once again when I heard his thunderous voice.
