Chapter 28: The Queen's Alliance
Should I really get used to these unexpected appearances of different creatures in one of the most crucial events in my life?
From the wedding that we orchestrated that was supposed to be an escape from this journey, and Livius participating in it, and now with our little reunion as once friends with these ladies, which were seemingly conflicted with their newly discovered news.
Kapwa na kami naging alerto ni Kreios. How could we possibly access this situation? If what we heard was true, Livius was right, these ladies were criminals for an attempted murder.
Mariin akong napapikit. How could he quickly change the situation and make it to his advantage?
Hindi lang ako ang nakalabas ang pangil at mahahaba na ang kuko kundi ganoon din si Kreios. The woman they called Luna had her hands glowing, a witch or probably a priestess, one was a vampire noble, still in her fancy dress with her sharp parasol as a weapon, she looked utterly out of place and scared, another woman was dressed in pure black like a spy, she had a dagger, another one had a pointed ear with her bow and arrow, a faery, and last was dressed like a typical commoner yet she had a small bag, both in her hands, probably poison.
Shit. These women are fighters.
I knew that they were all familiar... maybe not through my eyes, but their combination and these descriptions.
"Luna..." the woman with the parasol nervously glanced at the priestess. She could be the leader of the group.
Habang alerto ang dalawang grupo, si Livius na tanging nasa gitna ay nakapamulsa lang. Natuyo na sa sarili niyang kasuotan ang sarili niyang dugo.
"Were you sent here because of us?" The woman with the parasol asked.
"You were eavesdropping a moment ago. Did you hear us talking about Pryor?" sagot ko.
"Did he die?" Luna asked.
"To be honest, I don't care if he dies. We are not enemies here! And he's alive! I think? I did not receive a letter of his death," sagot ni Kreios.
Marahas akong napalingon sa kanya at nanlalaki ang mga mata ko. He is a damn king, and a tight relation with Deltora... is crucial. Gago.
I shut my eyes irritatingly.
Hindi ko pa rin ibinababa ang mga kamay ko habang pilit kong inaalala kung bakit naging pamilyar sa akin ang mga babaeng ito. Hanggang sa bumalik ang isipan ko kung kailan madalas kong samahan sina Kamahalan at Lily sa aklatan para basahin ang iba't ibang papeles ng kaharian.
I read something about the selected groups of women who were sent initially to find Divina, but everything was just a cover to confuse Atlas's group, just like how Kreios and I initially planned this whole façade of a wedding that ended up into this tangled mess.
"Kilala ko na sila, Kreios. They are initially sent to find Divina."
Nang sabihin ko iyon ay natahimik si Kreios, kung kanina ay tila kaya niya pang makipagbiruan ngayon ay tila higit siyang naging seryoso habang isa-isa niyang pinasadahan ng tingin ang mga babaeng nasa harapan namin.
"We are! We are those women!"
"Elena, keep quiet!" the woman who dressed like a spy hissed.
"They abandoned us, remember? This queen is the princess of Sartorias... and a queen?" kumunot ang noo niya habang pinagmamasdan ako.
They were out for how many months... it could be a year. I was not sure, and it was not surprising that they were not aware of the situation in Parsua.
