The Crimson Curse

Chapter Two

"My life is part humor, part roses, part thorns" – Bret Michaels

Chapter Two: A Beautiful Mess

Damon Angelo Castellan is the eldest of the Castellan Brothers. Hazel eyes and brown hair are a main Castellan trait, all Castellan's have it. Damon has angelic looks, although he's like the devil incarnate when he's mad. He's a manipulator you see, gusto niya palagi nasusunod ang utos niya and I don't like that and he damn well knows it. Damon was the one who found me that night and took me in, I owe everything to him. But I hate him the most.

Brandon Jensen Castellan is two years younger than Damon. Unlike Dame, Bran is calmer and handles everything in peace. His features are rougher, and according to a website I've read, Bran is the most handsome among the Castellan Brothers. He has this weird way of using his eyes to people. Like his eyes speak somehow to get what he wants. That's why CGoC sends him to be the representative for events, you don't want to see Dame and him in board meetings really. Bran was the one who first checked on me on a daily basis along with Dom and Dorothy but he rarely approached me then, now we're okay. He's acting like the brother he's supposed to be.

Dominic Samuel Castellan is by far the most caring and naughtiest one out of all the Castellan Brothers. He was the one who made me go out of my room after two months. Dom has his ways with words as Brandon has his way with his eyes. He was the one who first talked to me and acted like I'm no different from them. He's two years younger making him 20, and he's studying abroad. When Dom announced that, I bawled my eyes out because he was the first comfort zone I had in the mansion. Dorothy came in second. But then I got over it when he left because all of them made sure I was comfortable and normal.

Lyndon Gabriel Castellan is the youngest. At first he didn't care about my presence in the mansion, I only saw him a handful of times on the first months. Sa laki ba naman ng bahay, maiiwasan niya talaga ako. Dorothy said he doesn't like me and I had that feeling too so I stayed away, hindi naman sa gusto kong lapitan siya but still. When Dom left, Lyndon started going out of his room more till he wanders to mine. He enters it without permission and sits on my bed like he owns it, I won't talk to him of course. I only started talking when the third month hit. He continued doing the invading of privacy thing on a daily basis until I asked him why. He said he wanted me feel comfortable in every inch of the house and also them kaya siya naroon sa kwarto araw araw for me to be comfortable around him and also him with me. Lyndon isn't really a talker that's why we get along well and like Dom, siya ang pinaka maaalahanin but he doesn't want to admit it.

According to Damon, he found me in an abandoned dirt road. It was the road entering Thampton, but at that time sinarado iyon dahil sa mas ginagamit talaga ang Thampton Bridge to travel in and out of the city. I was lying there, almost lifeless. My skin was pale na para bang naubusan na ako ng dugo, basa ang katawan ko dahil sa ulan. My clothes were ripped to shreds as if I was attacked by someone or something and dumped on that road to die. At first Damon thought I was dead but then he felt my pulse at agad niya akong dinala sa mansion where the other Castellans were. He said I slept for three more days before waking up.

When I did, I knew nothing. I had no memory of what happened on how I ended up on that road and what happened to me years before. I can't even remember my own name. I was in the state of shock. Halos tatlong buwan akong hindi nagsalita. Silence became my defense mechanism. I really can't remember anything, when I try to retrieve my memory sumasakit lang ang ulo ko.

The memory that keeps replaying in my mind whenever I'm alone was the memory when I first saw all of them.

The 12 year old me was so innocent and vulnerable. I had nothing to hold on to. The Castellans became my stone for the past five years I've been with them.