Echoes of the Abyss (Delaney Series #2)

Chapter 43: Sanctuary

Sanctuary

Yzabelle's POV

Mahigpit ang aking hawak sa aking anak. Napaka buti niyang bata dahil kahit tumatakbo ako ay mahimbing pa rin ang kanyang pagtulog.

Umuulan ng nyebe sa Auroravale. Batid kong taglamig na.

Bumuo ako ng maliit na taguan namin ni Clementine, mag gagabi na rin at ganun na lang yata ang aking takot sa dilim dahil kahit alam kong wala si Ravik ay natatakot pa rin ako.

Hindi ko alam kung matutunton niya ba kami ni Clementine sa amin kinaroroonan, hiling ko ay hindi niya kami matagpuan kahit ngayon man lang.

That night, I tried to look for Victoria using everything that nature could offer me. I could sense everything, by the plants, the trees, the flowers, and everything.

And then I saw her in a palace. She also had a baby. She was holding her like she was something so precious.

She holds her the way I hold my daughter too.

They couldn't see me but I can, I was everywhere, everything that nature can use.

Her child... she was still a baby but she caught my eyes. She was in the arms of her mother but her blue eyes were on me.

"H-how?" I asked. Confused.

I came to look for Victoria to make sure that she was alright, I didn't expect that her child was this powerful.

"What are you doing, Eira?" Napaka lambing ng kanyang boses habang kausap niya ang kanyang anak.

I was taken back to where I was when the child smiled at me and then I had a vision again.

My daughter was with her, they were together inside the palace.

There were lanterns flying above them, my daughter was smiling beside a young man. I cried while watching her.

She was so beautiful, my child.

I happened to glance at the blue-eyed woman and found out that she was watching me too. She had a smile on her face.

And then I realized, the chosen one.

I wanted to talk to her, I wanted to ask if I was with Clementine while she was growing up but I was pulled away from my vision when I heard footsteps coming my way.

Naging alerto ako at hinawakan ng mahigpit si Clementin. Gising na siya ngunit tila alam niya ang nangyayari dahil hindi man lang siya umimik.

Gusto kong umiyak dahil sa ginawa niyang iyon. Napaka bata pa ng aking anak ngunit tila alam niya na ang nangyayari sa kanyang kapaligiran.

"You're going to grow up loving nature too, just like your mother," I told her.

Mabilis akong tumayo at gumawa ng lagusan upang lisanin ang lugar dahil naramdaman ko ang presensya ni Ravik sa paligid.

Sa gitna ng pagtakbo ko patungo sa hindi ko alam kung saan, bigla na lamang nagliwanag ang aking harapan at sumulpot ang isang babae.

An oracle.

"A-alisa?" Tawag ko sa pangalan ng aking kaibigan.

"Yzabelle!" Agad niya akong niyakap. "Batid kong matatagpuan kita dito," lumayo siya at tiningnan ang sanggol na nasa bisig ko. "Ang iyong anak," naiiyak niyang saad.

"Tulungan mo ako," bumigay ang boses ko at agad akong umiyak.

Kinuha niya ang aking kamay at inalalayan ako sa pagtakbo.

May naramdaman akong presensya na nakasunod sa amin at hindi nga ako nagkakamali nang makita ko si Azrak.

Hindi ko alam kung dapat ko bang ipagpasalamat na hindi si Ravik iyon.