UNDER Series #1: I'm in love with your eyes

SIMULA

"Beg," I ordered calmly to the man who's in front of me. He was now drenching on his own blood, crying as his body shivered, who also wet himself because of how scared he was.

"Hera..." he muttered.

Wala akong gustong marinig mula sa kaniya kundi ang magmakaawa nang magmakaawa na buhayin ko s'ya. Magmakaawa na hindi ko s'ya patayin dahil sa ginawa n'ya.

Kyle Zedrick Gallaro, the man who killed my best friend just to have my attention.

I looked at him disgusted. The way he's grabbing my legs while crying made my eyes twitch. I wanted him to die. I wanted him to suffer and bawl his eyes out. Hindi ko magawang gumalaw pagkatapos ko s'yang barilin sa kanang binti n'ya.

He killed one of the most important people to me and I wanted to do the same to him.

Tinadyakan ko s'ya para mapahiga sa sahig dahil sa lakas ng puwersa ko. Mas malaki sa akin si Kyle pero wala iyong nagawa dahil mahina na rin ang kaniyang katawan dahil sa gutom at sa dami ng nawalang dugo.

It's been three days since I snatched him while he was enjoying himself at the club. I knew that I could do that by myself, but my childhood friend helped me to capture him.

Drix.

"I'm sorry, Hera... Please let me go," he begged, crying and trembling. My lips arched as I saw him. He wasn't the Kyle that I knew. He was always looking at himself too highly, but he was just begging in front of me now.

"I just did that for you to look at me! I've liked you for so long, and you know that damn well! Pero ni isang beses, hindi mo ako tinapunan ng tingin! I... I just did that para mapansin mo ko—"

His words were cut off as I pulled the trigger of my gun that I was pointing onto his head. The loud noise from the gun filled the room as I saw Kyle's body on the floor.

He's already dead.

But I was not done yet. I scooped his eyes out before leaving the scene. He has ocean-colored eyes, and it would be a great part of my collection. A collection that I would crave to add up again.

No one could mess with me and to those people who were important to me. They should already know that, but they still dared to look at me while messing my circle up as they met the daughter of Satan in hell.

No one.

***

"Hera, get up! Why the fuck are you still sleeping?!" I heard a deep dark baritone voice screaming.

Napatakip ako sa tainga dahil sa lakas ng boses n'ya. I also turned around as I covered myself with my comforter while groaning.

Ano ba'ng problema nito? Ang aga-aga, galit na naman.

It was already dawn when I got home. That dark night was still vivid in my memory. Kitang-kita ko pa rin ang imahe ng mukha ni Kyle sa harap ko kasabay ng pag-agos ng kaniyang dugo papunta sa mga paa ko.

This wasn't the first time that I did that, and I wouldn't have second thoughts to do that again if someone dared to mess with me again.

"Oh, fuck it!" he shouted as he pulled my blanket aggressively, causing me to fall out of my bed.

"Kuya!" I shouted back as I fell. It felt like it hit my torso!

"Get the fuck up! You need to leave!" he growled in an irritated voice. I scratched my eyes as I looked at him and stood up from where I fell before glaring at him.

He looked like he's panicking but was trying his best to stay calm. His thick dark well-shaped eyebrows met each other, as his emerald green eyes started to darken while staring at me. The atmosphere inside my room quickly changed as I saw that his jaw was clenched.

I don't think this is just his normal tantrums... I feel like a storm was about to hit us.

"What's happening ba? Bakit natataranta ka?" I asked him in a confused look. This was not normal. Hindi magiging ganito ang reaksyon ni Kuya kung hindi 'to seryoso.

"You need to leave the country immediately! You're not safe here!" he shouted and made me look at him so confused.

What does it mean? I almost let out a gasp of laughter when he said that.

Me? I'm not safe here? I am Hera Jace Salviano, the youngest and only princess of the most powerful family not just in Italy. Our family has the biggest legal and underground businesses that everyone feared of.

So, what does he mean I'm not safe here?

"Ano ba'ng nangyayari—"

Naputol ang sasabihin ko nang biglang makarinig ako nang sunod-sunod na putok ng baril. Nakita ko ang biglang pagkaputla sa mukha ni Kuya nang bigla n'ya akong hatakin papunta sa likod ng mansyon.

"Go! Umalis ka na rito!" He pushed as he kept dragging me outside, then I saw one of our choppers waiting.

My brother tossed me inside the chopper like nothing. I didn't say anything as I saw him closing the door and leaving himself behind.

"Kuya! Come here! Bakit ka magpapaiwan?!" sigaw ko. Alam ko na may nangyayari at hindi na hawak ni Kuya ang kontrol dito.

Kinakabahan ako. Natatakot ako pero mas nanlumo ako nang hindi pa nakakasagot si Kuya sa tanong ko ay biglang sumabog ang mansyon.

Nanlaki ang mata ko, hindi ko alam kung ano ang gustong maramdaman ng dibdib ko. Nakita ko na ang paglusob ng napakaraming lalaki na may hawak ng iba't ibang klase at laki ng baril.

"Kuya!" sigaw ko pa habang unti-unti nang lumilipad palayo ang chopper na sinasakyan ko.

Mabilis ang pagtulo ng mga luha ko. Hindi ako mapakali sa kinauupuan ko. Pabalik-balik ako sa bintana ng chopper habang umiiyak. Inalog-alog ko pa ang pilotong nagpapandar ng sinasakyan ko pero wala s'yang kibo.

Bumagsak ako sa upuan at napatulala nang makita kong pilit na nakipaglaban si Kuya sa mga armadong lalaki ngunit hindi n'ya kinaya at bigla na lang s'yang bumagsak.

What... What the fuck just happened?