When All Else Fails (Light Bearer Series #1)

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note:
this story has long chapters and is extreme slow burn, so I know for sure that this wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea. You have the choice whether to proceed or not. Thank you :)

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Chapter 01
hya
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In a field full of beautiful flowers, where the wind carries whispers too ancient to decipher, and blooming petals held old secrets and mysteries, I discovered that every flower has a different story to tell.

Whether it's the famed roses, tulips, daisies, sunflowers, or the elusive Middlemist's Red and Ghost Orchid, each bloom holds a story so hauntingly beautiful that it effortlessly caress the hearts of those beautiful souls who dares to listen to a language only silence understands — the kind of silence that screams truth and people who've always been untrue were so afraid to hear and feel it.

Perhaps these beauties are even said to be nature's silent poets, for in every delicate petals, tales were secretly written — tales that kept the voices of the broken hearts and lost souls.

Whereas every bloom unfurls like a chapter in a book, brimming with deep secrets and emotions we've yet to encounter and feel. Emotions that's been hidden for so long, left unspoken, and was just patiently waiting to be awakened.

"What are you reading, Hyacinth?" marahang tanong ng pinsan kong si Julia.

It's the end week of october kaya hindi na kami pinapasukan ng ibang prof. Konting push nalang at masasabi narin naming 'We survived Grade 11!' Panibagong hamon na naman ng pagiging Grade 12 next year ang haharapin namin.

Oh, my bad, may second semester pa nga pala. Hindi naman halatang atat na atat na akong mag Grade 12 'no? Pft.

As of now, patambay-tambay lang kami kahit saan ng mga blockmates ko kasi University Week. Wala naman akong sinalihang sports kaya palaboy-laboy lang ako sa buong Campus Three ng Wintercrest. Napakaraming tao, iyong mga college ay dumalo rin kasi rito sa campus ng high school kasi iyong ibang sports dito ginaganap.

Ito namang pinsan kong si Julia, sa akin dumidikit kasi iyong mga malapit niyang kaibigan talaga ay may sinalihang sports. She did not join anything kasi balak niya raw mag-rest from the stressful midterm exam. Marami kasi siyang hindi naintindihan sa lecture kaya hayon at isang bagsakan iyong pag-aaral at pagturo ko sa kanya.

Dagdag pa iyong pressure ng mama niya na kung makasabi sa mga kumare niya na 'Easy peasy lang 'yan kay, Juls!' ay para namang siya iyong mag-te-take ng exam. Medyo hambog din kasi itong si Tita Jewel, naaawa tuloy ako sa magkambal na si Jacob at Julia. Bahala na 'yon si Ate Jupiter, magka-ugali naman sila ng mama niya.

"That book looks ancient. Where did you get that?"

Ngumiti ako at ipinakita ang cover ng makapal na notebook kung saan may nakasulat na pamagat; Where unsaid words dwell.

"It's one of mom's treasures," I replied softly. "You know she's so inlove with writing, right? This is one of the books she had written. Sobrang ganda, Juls. Gusto mo ba subukang basahin?"

Gusto ko sanang idagdag na ninakaw ko ito sa mansion. I sneaked in to mom's abandoned room and tried to look for her old journals. I wanna read them all. Kaya lang ay isa lang ang nakuha ko noong nakaraan. Pinagbawalan kasi kaming pumasok doon simula noong nawala si mama. Tita Jewel and Lola Thesa always got mad when they hear anyone mentioning my mother's name.

Their reason? I don't actually know.

Julia pouted and shook her head. "Maybe next time nalang? I still want to finish the movie I'm currently watching, e. Sorry..."