✓ | The Altered Version (Fate's Transgression Series, #2) [UNDER REVISION]

TAV 47: Last Time

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN : Last Time

Omniscient | 3rd POV

Everyone looked at the sky, it was dark. The wind was cold, it felt like they were being iced. The happenings outside is a reaction of what Clarinette chose. In different parts of Zegordia, there was hailstone, earthquake, heavy rain, and flooding.

Bawat parte, bawat nayon at bayan ay ramdam ang papalapit na delubyo. Halos magsiliparan na ang mga kagamitan dahil sa bugso ng hangin. Lahat ng bahay ay nakasara, walang taong makikita sa mga kalsada. Takot ang lahat sa ano mang paparating.

"Vyrre," Altra suddenly seeks the presence of the Duke. "Clarinette is pregnant."

Parang nabuhusan ng malamig na tubig ang Duke ng marinig niya iyon. Napamaang siya habang nakatingin kay Altra. He was frozen with the thought that he forgot everything else.

"Clarinette is a human being used by Fate, which is likely why the Council hasn't said anything. She is just a vessel with the power of light, the child is harmless but at the same time, if Clarinette chooses the opposite of what Fate proposes, your child with her will carry the curse blood. In that time, Fate will make the same condition again."

"So, you agreed to let Clarinette end this now?" Vyrre asked.

"It has to, Vyrre. You are one of the hundred men involved in this curse. This has to stop," answered by Altra.

"You can't take her away from me, especially my child!"

Vyrre ran through the house. Hindi siya pinigilan ng tatlo, dahil huli na ang lahat. Once the desire has been granted, no one can stop it other than Fate herself. But, she has no intention.

Malakas na binuksan ng Duke ang pintuan at bumungad sa kanya ang nakatayong pigura ng Dukesa. Clarinette was facing the mirror, looking at herself. Vyrre rushed towards her, hugging her from behind.

"Clarinette," he whispered. "Let's go home, wife."

"I cannot, your grace...I had decided to..." Clarinette looked at the reflection of the Duke from the mirror "...end this now. I already know who I am, where I came from, and why I am here. There is no point of prolonging this agony, Vyrre."'

"No, you cannot leave me."

Clarinette held his hands, embracing the man she loves. "My ancestors carried the curse, few were unlucky that they had to be the vessel. In that process, they have to fall in love with a man that has to give them a child to carry the curse. My mother was the carrier, and I am here now.

"I do now understand why the Seira Family is not known, because they choose to hide the truth in their own shells. Fate used different men in every curse, and they all lived in despair upon knowing the truth."

Clarinette brought Vyrre's hand on her tummy. "This child will carry the curse, our baby will pass it on to its offspring, and the offspring will pass it on to their offspring. It is an endless cycle, Vyrre..." pumiyok ang boses ni Clarinete "...a cruel curse for my clan and for the next man who will love her."

Umikot ang Dukesa para harapin ang asawa. Her arms circle on Vyrre's waist, lifting her gaze to meet the eyes of his grace. "I do not want to put you in despair if I choose to stay. I will not be the same person anyway."

"I will love you no matter who you are, or what you are, and I will never hold that against you. I can carry the burden, wife. As long as I can see you everyday, I can carry on."

Clarinette shakes her head slowly. "But, our future children will carry the curse. Kailangan sa akin matapos ito, Vyrre. This is the chance I was given, this is the only chance."