Hindi pa kami nakakababa ng sasakyan ay dinig na namin ang sigawan na nagmumula sa bahay. Nagkatinginan kami ni Kaylee, pawang mga naguguluhan.
What's happening?
Dali dali kaming tatlo na bumaba ng sasakyan at tumakbo papasok ng bahay. Nagkakagulo ang lahat sa loob. Nagsisigawan sila dad at mga uncle ko, samantalang sila auntie Vera at mommy naman ay seryosong nag uusap. Wala ni isa sa kanila ang nakapansin ng pagpasok namin.
"How can you be so stupid, Kinley?! I told you not to go back there! What if someone saw you?!" galit na sigaw ni dad habang kwinekwelyuhan si uncle Kinley na hindi makatingin sa kanya.
The veins around his eyes are visible, as are his fangs. He's furious. Ngayon ko lang ulit siya nakitang ganito kagalit.
"Calm down, Ezekiel! Hurting him won't fix a thing. Let's talk about this." kalmado, pero matigas na sabi ni uncle Harlan.
Hindi nagpatinag si dad. "He risked our exposure! My children's safety!"
Akmang susuntukin na niya si uncle Kinley nang mabilis na lumapit si auntie Riley at pinaghiwalay silang dalawa. Agad na hinila ni uncle Dawn si uncle Kinley palayo, ganoon din ang ginawa ni uncle Harlan kay dad.
"What happened?" seryosong tanong ni auntie Riley.
Napatingin silang lahat sa amin ni Kaylee na nakatayo sa pintuan. Gulat silang lahat, pero mabilis na kumalma ang mga ekspresyon sa mga mukha nila.
"Girls, go to your room." mahinahon na sabi ni mommy.
Nagkatinginan kami ni Kaylee at alam ko na agad na pareho kami ng iniisip.
"No." matigas na sabi naming dalawa.
We don't usually defy our parents. But this is a family matter, and we're part of it. We're old enough to know what's happening.
Lumapit sa amin si dad at niyakap kaming dalawa bago kami hinarap. Kalmado na siya, pero hindi nakatakas sa akin ang takot sa kanyang mga mata.
"Listen to your mom. You don't need to be involved with this. We're going to fix everything." ngumiti siya sa amin.
I was about to speak, pero naunahan ako ni Kaylee.
"You can't keep us in the dark forever, dad. We're not kids anymore. We know you're just trying to protect us, but keeping things from us won't do anything good. We can protect ourselves but we can't do that if we don't know what's coming."
Tumango ako bilang pagsang ayon sa sinabi niya. "We're part of this family, dad. We deserve to know what's happening." matapang na sabi ko.
My aunties and uncles exchanged looks. Mom is smiling like she's proud of us. Dad sighed in defeat. He knows we're right.
"Okay, let's all talk."
It only took a minute and now we're all sitting in the living room. Pinapakiramdaman ang isa't isa. Naghihintay kung sino ang unang babasag ng katahimikan. I'm sitting between Kaylee and dad. Katabi naman ni Kaylee si mommy. Nagsiksikan naman ang mga ang iba sa katapat na sofa. Hindi nagtagal ay binasag ito ni uncle Kinley.
"I've learned something." wika niya.
Nakatingin kaming lahat sa kanya, naghihintay sa susunod niyang sasabihin.
"The spell they cast in the house… it took an entire coven to do it." bumuntong hininga siya bago nagpatuloy. "The whole Gemini Coven harnessed the power of the celestial event happening that night. They all died in the process."
"Does that mean…"
Hindi pa natapos ni auntie Vera ang sinasabi niya nang tumango si uncle Kinley.
"Yes. They're so desperate to get rid of us that they sacrificed their lives. But with the Gemini Coven gone, they can't do the same spell anymore. We don't have to live in the shadows. We're back to being invincible. We can get our lives back." mahabang paliwanag niya.
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Bloodlines (COMPLETED)
VampiroA coven of witches has set the house of the Sinclairs, the original family of vampires, on a mysterious fire aiming to kill them. They survived and fled, but as the circumstances changed, they were forced to go back to their home town. Olivia Sincla...
