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

CHAPTER 31

Before Valouise realized it, she was out of the world she belongs to. She's in the past from the perspective of the woman she hates. She's seeing everything as a third person, they are in the memories of Colden. She's watching them. She's watching Colden and Galina being in love.

“K-Kamukha ko talaga siya…” bulong ni Valouise sa sarili.

Galina was laying in the green grass, looking at the clear sky enjoying the peacefulness of the place.

"Galina! Ubi es Galina?" (Latin- Where are you?) Scream the voice from a distance. Galina chuckled softly as she realized who was calling her. She stood up and waved her hands, "Hic, Colden!!" (Latin- Here, Colden!)

"Galina!" Colden screamed her name and waved back. He ran towards her and hugged her as soon as he was able to reach her. Colden hugged Galina tightly.

She bit her lips as she watched Galina and Colden.  A warm and unusual feeling enveloped Valouise while Galina is in the embrace of the man. Valouise shook her head intently. She placed her hand on his chest where her heart is located and closed her eyes.

“This feeling… this is not mine but Galina's.” She whispered to herself.

Galina is in love with Colden. It was the feeling of Galina and not Valouise's. She knows it… does she?

Her gaze went back to Colden and Galina.

Colden got something in her pocket and showed it to Galina. Her eyes shine in happiness when she sees a hair clip with a blue crystal design.

"I couldn't ask for you to marry me… yet. But know that I love you deeply and I'll marry you someday, somewhere where no one can stop us. My heart is all yours, amica mea!"

“My heart is yours, Colden.” Galina answered, looking at Colden with those eyes filled with affection and warmth. Galina held his cheek and caressed it.

Colden puts the hairclip  on Galina's hair. He brushed her hair and held the back of her head,  pulling Galina closely and locking their lips together. It was a long, soft and gentle kiss.

  "Please, stay with me."

"Ero, Colden! Ero!" (Latin- I will, Colden. I will!) Galina whispered and locked their hands. "Manebo, Colden."

It was all Colden’s memories with Galina. It was all happiness, joy and love but life has never been that nice to Colden.

The next thing Valouise saw broke her heart. Colden on his knees, pleading Galina not to go.

“You promised, remember? You'll stay. Galina, I'm begging you…” Colden cried. Without hesitation and regret in her eyes, Galina pushed him away.

“For what reason should I stay, Colden? You can barely protect yourself, how could you protect me from what's coming?” Galina said coldly.

“B-But you l-love me…” Colden whispered and his grip on her hands loosened until he found his palm pressed on the ground.

“Love isn't enough to protect us…”

“Bylur is far stronger, powerful and influential than you, Colden. My parents want me to marry the lord, I am their daughter who stands with dignity for the family, and I will bring them honor. I can't sacrifice more for this ignorant love of ours. This… this isn't worth anything…”

“The wedding will be in two days, I would ask you to distance yourself until the wedding ends. Do not ruin my life.”

With that, Galina left. She turned her back on her lover to marry its brother. Colden was still on his knees, head down and shedding tears.

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Suddenly, another scenario flushed right in front of Valouise's eyes. It was Bylur. Bylur was choking Colden to death, grasping his own brother's neck with his ice blue sharp eyes and looking intently at Colden. The sharpness of his gaze was enough to say that he might end up killing him. Valouise seeing it froze and shivered in fear.

It was the day of the wedding, Colden broke in and destroyed everything. With just the blink of an eye, everything was frozen, ice spiraled the place and only two figures were standing, facing each other while  everyone was lying on the ground. It was Colden and Bylur.

Their breaths turned to mist in the frozen place. It was cold, foggy and full of sprite.

With a sweep of his hand, the Lord Bylur unleashed a storm of jagged ice and a mist that sent shivers down any normal ones’ spine. Bylur was surrounded by a blue mist as cold as his gaze fixed on his own brother. With just one swing of his arm, he brought limb-slicing glaciers through the air like frozen spears. But, Prince Colden swung his sword making a berg of ice as a rampart to the Lord's attack.

Ice against ice. Storm against storm. Cold against cold. But in that standing, they knew who would win and who didn't stand a chance.

“You know you cannot come a step closer to me, Colden. How conceited of you to think you can reach me.” Bylur shouted in wrath.

“You've always belittled me, Lord. Your dissatisfaction has led your pride to stoop in the lowest of all. Taking away what's not yours.”

Colden with unyielding emotion engraved his hatred of his brother in his eyes and heart. Once again their power colided— shabs of ice flying across the room, icebergs emerging and mist enveloping the place. And once again their powers again jarred.

But before they could attack once more, Galina stood up. Colden immediately inverted his gaze and ran towards Galina.

“My love… I'm here. I’m here to get you out of this.” Colden whispered to her with a teary eye, holding her face and hugging her.

Galina looked at him with devastation written on her face.

“Fool.” She weakly whispered and held Colden's face. Colden tried to embrace her a little longer but Galina pushed him away.

Galina shoved Colden beside and took the blow her own father aimed. Before they could even realize it. Galena stones were stuck all over Galina's body. Blood oozes from her body caused by every cut of the galena stones. Her stomach, her chest, face— the stones were all over her body.

“Galina!” Colden and Bylur shouted. But before they could come towards her, sapphires enveloped Galina. Before she was covered, she muttered something.

“To kill a gem is to fight it the same thing.” She said as she shredded fragments of a beautiful green sapphire.

Those shards went to her own father, paralyzing him with Galina's gem and enchantment.

FAITH
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