[Unedited! Typo and Grammar Errors Ahead]
[WARNING: DEPICTION OF VIOLENCE AHEAD, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.]
The First Crime
LATER THAT EVENING a letter arrived from the palace. Asking her to go to the palace, as soon as possible in the order of the Crown Princess.
Hindi pa nakakauwi ang binata, kaya kahit gusto nyang ipaalam rito ang pag-alis ay matatagalan pa at baka gamitin na naman itong rason ng Hari at Reyna para mapasama sya.
Nag-iwan lang sya ng sulat na inilagay nyang aalis sya papunta sa palasyo dahil utos ng prinsesa.
Nang makarating sa palasyo ay kaagad syang inakay ng mga katulong patungo sa gazebo.
Nasa gitna ng lawa ang nasabing gazebo at maari lamang makapunta rito sa pamamagitan ng sementong tulay.
Naroon sa gazebo ang mga prinsesa.
Tahimik syang naupo.
Agad naman syang pinagsilbihan ng mga katulong ng makakain.
"Good evening, General."
"What does the future Queen of the kingdom want from me?" malamig na turan nya. "If this is about the offer your father made, I would decline."
Nakakunot-noong tinitigan nya ang mga anak ng hari.
Huwag talagang magkamali ang mga ito dahil naiinis pa rin sya.
Broken hearted sya ngayon. Wag lang talagang subukan ng mga ito ang pasensya nya.
Naluluha naman syang tinitigan ng Dukesa.
"You are our sister." Tahimik na saad ni Bridgette. "The first-born, the real heir to the throne."
Kumunot ang noo nya. "You are gravely mistaken, Princess. I am no heir to the throne of this kingdom. I am the heir of the Hemingway's that is what I'm sure of."
"B-But—"
"Even if I am, I do not want that rotten throne of your father, Princess." Malamig na aniya.
"W-What happened?" nanginginig tanong ni Diana.
"Nothing." Aniya at inangat ang tasa ng tsaa.
Gusto nyang kumain pero tila nawalan sya ng gana sa mga pinagsasabi ng mga ito.
She took a sip.
Upon drinking the tea, a series of scenes surface in her head.
The real Aeve being poisoned by the king using a tea, her being accidentally pushed to the lake by the Crown Princess and being beheaded by the Prince she loved.
This is what happened to Maeve in the ending of the novel.
A series of emotions overwhelmed her.
Pain, betrayal, sadness, anger and helplessness.
Tumalim ang mga mata nya.
"How dare you, poison me?" mahinang bulong nya.
"W-What?" naguguluhang tanong ni Clara.
Dagli syang tumayo at naglakad palayo.
If that vision shows how she's going to die then, she will do everything to avoid it. No matter what!
"Wait!" anang Bridgette at hinila ang kamay nya.
Muntik na syang mahulog sa lawa dahil sa lakas ng paghablot nito, mabuti nalang at kaagad nyang naibalanse ang sarili.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?!" nanggagalaiting aniya sa babae.
"I'm s-sorry—"
"Well, you don't look sorry to me. Can't you see that I don't want to meddle with the likes of you?"
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