Night of Waterfalls (Venom Series #2)

Chapter 46

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"Tell me, do I deserve all of this? Just because I was chosen. Why me? Why did the blue fire choose me?" I asked.

I looked around them and no one could even answer. "Who is the blue fire? Bakit ako ang pinili niya?"

Humarap na ako kay Claret. "Have you encountered those women? Hinabol ka rin ba nila sa mundo ng mga tao? How did you survive? Who saved you? How are you so well right now?"

Sunod-sunod ang katanungan ko kay Claret. Hinintay ko na sumagot siya sa akin, ngunit nanatili lang siyang nakatitig. Lumaglag ang mga balikat ko. "Did you experience the same or it was just me?"

Lumingon ako kina Tobias at Rosh.

"Kezalli . . ." mahinang tawag sa akin ni Claret.

Muli niyang hinawakan ang kamay ko at agad ko iyong tinabig. Ilang beses akong umiling sa kanya habang tumatayo na mula sa aking upuan.

When I looked at Tobias, he tried to open his mouth and say something, but he stopped himself. Buong akala ko ay pipigilan niya pa ako ngunit nang sandaling tumakbo na ako mula sa silid na iyon ay hindi ko na narinig ang boses niya.

I was running with tears on my cheeks when I passed by Pryor and Marah. Wala na akong pakialam sa mga tagasunod na nababangga ko ng mga oras na iyon, ang tanging nais ko lang gawin ay tumakbo mula sa lugar na iyon.

Until I left the castle, I was welcomed by the familiar formation of the castle with water flowing around us as if we were atop a waterfall. Hindi ako nag-aksaya ng panahon at mas binilisan ko pa ang pagtakbo hanggang sa makarating maliit na bangka.

The old man looked confused when he first saw me, but I quickly jumped inside his wooden boat, and I wiped my tears with my right arm. "Sa ibaba po."

"Saan, hija?"

"Basta hindi po rito . . ."

Hindi na nagtanong pa ang matanda at sinimulan nang gumalaw ng maliit na bangka. When Tobias and I rode this small boat for the first time, I felt the excitement as it surged through the water slides, but now even with the wind splashing and the water raining around me, I couldn't feel anything. I was just blankly staring as the boat continued to move.

We passed by the weaponry, and the streets for the tourists, until I suddenly came back to my senses when I saw that garden.

"Dito na lang po."

Nag-aalangan pa ang matanda kung susunod siya sa akin pero sa huli ay itinigil niya na rin ang bangka. Nang sandaling bumaba ako natigilan ako habang kinakapa ang sarili ko.

I didn't have money to pay the old man, but then I realized I was wearing a fortune. I was about to remove one of my accessories when the old man gently touched my hand and shook his head.

"Huwag na, hija."

"H-hindi po. Dapat po akong magbayad."

Tipid siyang ngumiti sa akin at umiling muli. "Uuna na ako."

Habol ang tingin ko sa matanda bago niya ako tuluyang iwan sa lugar na ito. Did he recognize me as someone from the castle?

Napailing na lang ako nang yumuko ako sa sarili ko. Of course, he would recognize me the way those servants dressed me the way Tobias usually dressed himself.

When I first saw this place, I always thought it was simply a garden filled with different flowers. Despite the colors of the flowers, the whole place could be seen with shades of green and blue—still with the water flowing and the crawling vines around.