Lords Series #1: Lord's Obsession (UNDER MAJOR REVISION)

CHAPTER 3

WEIRDLY, VALOUISE FEELS SOMEONE IS LOOKING AT HER whenever she goes. Even when she's running her shop, going for groceries, whether crowded or not, she feels like someone is eyeing on her and it makes her anxious. Simula nang magpakita sa kaniya si Colden ay ganoon na ang parati niyang nararamdaman. Magdadalawang linggo na rin ang nangyayaring ‘yon sa kaniya.

Hindi siya makafocus sa pag-iisip ng susunod na isusulat at ngayon ay kailangan n'ya na talaga ng makapagsulat para extra income. Napagdesisyonan n’yang pumunta sa kompanya kung saan may kontrata, magbabasakaling may makilala sa author's feast at makatrabaho ito sa isang collaboration work.

She went there wearing a knee high white floral dress paired with a step in sandals. She tied her hair up with a pink bow. She looked at herself in front of the mirror and sighed. She's not into socializing but this feast gives her an opportunity to work with new people and earn money. She sighed once again before going out of her coffee shop.

NANG DUMATING SIYA SA VENUE, agad siyang umupo sa pinakatagong bahagi. Gusto n’yang hindi siya kita, gusto niyang malayo sa mga tao at lalong ayaw n’ya ng kausap. Napabuntong hininga na naman siya at napailing-iling sa sarili.

How can I find someone I could work with if I'm going to isolate myself?!

She fixed herself and tried to plaster a smile on her face. She was rehearsing on her mind how to communicate and connect with other people but she suddenly stopped and found herself staring into someone. Someone she didn't think was. Someone that's impossible to be there.

Suddenly, he turned his head and their eyes met. Valouise's eyes encircled and immediately averted her gaze. As she expected, he saw her just like she did. He went his way near Valouise. She was actually dying of nervousness but she didn't know the reason behind that nervousness.

“Hello, Miss Hermosa!” a pleasant voice of a man and Valouise immediately looked up to the man standing in front of her.

“Hello, Mister Eisenhower!” she greeted back and stood up.

“Bylur. Just call me by my name, please.” he said in his low voice, almost a whisper. Valouise just nodded as a response. Uninvited, Bylur sat across from her.

Hindi na rin lang nagreklamo si Valouise at tumahimik lang. Wala ring sinabi si Bylur. Paglipas ng ilang minuto ay pasulyap-sulyap si Bylur kay Valouise na nagpailang sa kaniya. To break the awkward silence, Valouise decided to talk.

“I… I didn't expect to see you here, Mr. Eisenhower.” she mumbled. Bylur shifted on his seat and looked at Valouise straight to her eyes. His ice blue colored eyes sent shivers to Valouise's spine.

It was catching her breath, making her think how magical his existence was.

“I am an Editor.” he shortly answered and Valouise just nodded. And that's why. Valouise sighed in seldom.

There are lots of things that people really don't know about these rich freaks. They are fucking mysterious and super fucking rich. She thought.

What the man next uttered made Valouise raise an eyebrow, “You have no friends, do you?” He bluntly asked.

“Obviously.”

Valouise stared at him with her one eyebrow raised and he had a little smirk on the thin lips of his.

“You better get yourself one.” he continued the conversation and that picked Valouise's interest. He seems too cold and looks like not a fun of communication but he was there, talking to her. For someone like her that everyone thinks she's boring, having someone to talk to her casually like that makes her want to continue their conversation.

“For? I don't think a friend or companion is necessary. I'm better on my own, Mr.” she answered and that made him let out some giggles.

“Drop the formalities. Call me by my name. Call me Bylur.” he said and sighed before continuing, “I mean, you need someone to collaborate with? To write with? I think that's your reason why you are here.”

Valouise instantly laughed. She found it funny that he knows exactly what she needs.

“Oh talaga?” tawa pa nito. Napailing siya at birong inirapan ang lalaki. “Ano naman ngayon?”

Mahinang tumawa si Bylur at napailing na lang. Her sarcasity got him.

“Halata ka masyado.” biro pa nito at lalong napataas ang kilay ni Valouise nang marinig siyang nagtagalog.

“Wow, you are good at speaking Tagalog.” she complimented. Naglibog balikat lang ito.

Valouise suddenly felt she wanted to pee and excused herself for a moment.

“I'll be back.” she said and went on her way to the restroom.

No one was in the restroom but her. She went inside one of the cubicles to pee and then she heard some footsteps outside, as a signal that someone entered the restroom.

She went out of the cubicle after peeing. She looked at herself in front of the mirror and washed her hands while thinking about Eisenhower.

Weird things keep on happening since Verne's birthday. She met weird people, especially Colden and Bylur. They seem totally different — someone who is not from this world. And since then, she felt like the aura and vibe around her changed... It feels different. Negatively different. Though, when she was talking to Bylur, there was nothing weird that happened nor she felt awkward or uneasy. It was a normal conversation but still, she's not that confident. She sighed then turned off the sink, ready to go out the restroom.

When she twisted the doorknob she heard a woman talk.

“Hello? Someone's there? I am afraid, I need help.” Kumunot ang noo ni Valouise nang marinig iyon. May tao. May kailangan ng tulong pero bakit hindi siya nagsalita kaagad. She had a bad feeling with that and her gut feeling is telling her to leave so she did. She did not hesitate to leave.

Agad siyang lumabas at bumungad sa kaniya si Bylur.

“Hide!” Sabi nito at hindi mawari ni Valouise ang ibig nitong sabihin.

“I said hide!” he shouted and pulled Valouise away from the door and a woman— a beautiful yet creepy woman broke out the door and was about to attack them.

A creepy smile broke into the woman's lips as  its eyes met Valouise's eyes. Her expression was saying that she's ready to devour her.

“Go, Valouise! Run away!” Bylur screamed and then people were already panicking and trying to get out but suddenly, another two men entered the scene. One of them is Dolion and Valouise doesn't know the name of the other one.

They locked the door and everyone suddenly fell off the ground, asleep. Valouise was shocked and didn't know what was happening. She then tried to run away but suddenly a thing was wrapped around her neck and it was the woman's hand.

“Lela!” Bylur's voice. Pertaining to the woman who is choking Valouise right now.

“Galina...” the woman hissed at Valouise and she was coughing and was about to lose her breath.

“You are Galina!” Lela keeps uttering that name while trying to kill Valouise but Bylur was agile, and he pulled Lela away from Valouise as the other man was helping Bylur to take the beast away while Dolion was busy with the unconscious crowd, casting a spell.

Valouise was catching her breath as she was watching the unbelievable fight between these weird creatures. They aren't humans! Eisenhowers are not humans! And that Lela... She's probably a witch! Valouise watched the intimate fight of those freaking creatures. It was unbelievably magical and at the same time was scary for her. That was it, two strong and powerful humans versus one monster.

Hindi nakaya ng sistema ni Valouise ang kanyang mga nakikita. Her stamina, her mind, her body can't endure too much of a scene. Before she faint, she saw Bylur coming into her way.

“Valouise?”

He took Valouise into his arms gently and his slightly cold palm placed on her cheek. And then, her whole body shuts down.

FAITH
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