The Vampire Prince and the Vampire Hunter

Chapter 14

Bonds

"No" iyan ang naging sagot ko

"Astrid, hindi bat ito ang gusto mo? Ang mawala ang lahat ng bampira sa mundo? Clad and I will help you achieve your goal" Morgan tried to persuade me pero umiling lang ako

"Sa tingin niyo ba matapos kong marinig ang lahat ng iyon ay tutuloy pa rin ako sa pagpatay ng mga walang kamalay malay na bampira? I may be a hunter but I am not a heartless monster. Ibahin niyo ako. So my answer is no, I no longer have the reason to kill vampires--- innocent vampires na nadamay sa kasakiman ninyo!"

"How about your parents' death? Don't you want to seek revenge" Clad hits the bullseye. Natigilan ako at nagkaroon ng pag-alinlangan but when I looked at him again I knew he, his brother and Morgan should be the one to blame

"The vampires who killed my parents were long gone. And the vampires who turned those vampires ay dinaig pa ang masamang damo dahil hindi lang sila agad agad namamatay kundi hindi talaga sila namamatay" I told him straight to his face saka ako tumayo at tiningnan si Morgan

"I quit being a hunter. I quit being your tool, Morgan. I already did my purpose for your big plan so please let me be at ikaw na rin ang bahalang magsabi kay Uncle Ben. I'll stay here in the Academy" akmang gagalaw na ako para umalis when Clad Bloodworth grabbed me in the pulse and when I turned to face him he was looking at me in the eye at gumanti ako ng titig sa kanya and at that moment I regretted it. But I cannot take away my eyes from his stare. My mind went blank and all I could think and hear ay yung sinasabi ni Clad

"You want to help me Astrid Turner. Please help me."

"I will help you Clad Bloodworth" I said at nakita ko ang malaking ngiti sa gwapo niyang mukha

"I know you will Astrid" then he looked at Morgan na parang may hindi nagustuhan sa mga nangyari

What the hell happened?

"Astrid, you should take some more rest bago ka bumalik sa academy" suhestiyon ni Clad at sunod sunod akong tumango at iniwan sila ni Morgan sa loob ng kwartong iyon

Nang bumalik ako sa kwarto kung saan ako nagpalipas ng gabi I shook my head. Bigla na lang sumakit ang ulo ko kaya't agad akong sumampa sa kama at hinayaang hilahin ako ng antok.

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"Do you really have to do that?"Morgan asked sa sandaling nakalabas si Astrid sa pinto. Lumingon sa kanya si Clad saka ibinaling ang tingin sa labas ng bintana kung saan tanaw na tanaw ang hardin na bunga ng ilusyong ginawa ni Morgan

"I am running out of time...kailangan kong ayusin ang mga bagay bagay dito sa Firenze at hanggat wala pa sa ayos ang lahat I could never go back to Saphore. At kailangan ko nang makabalik agad agad. Kailangan na nating umuwi"

"You mean go back to her. It's been centuries Clad. Your time was long gone centuries ago"

Di naman sumagot si Clad. Centuries? Right. Hanggang ngayon ay nakakalimutan niyang ilang daang taon na nga pala ang nakakaraan nang mapadpad sila sa Firenze.

Morgan sighed. Yeah, that was kind of out of line. Clad slept for three centuries siguradong naga-adjust pa siya sa mga pangyayaring hindi niya alam. He was very insensitive a while ago kaya naman binago na lamang niya ang topic.

"You know what you did to her could be a problem between you and Malcolm...He's attached to her because of his blood running in her system and you used your powers to create a bond with her. A natural and a forced bond.  I wonder which is stronger?"

"Wala ka ring sinabing specific na task kung saan at paano ka niya tutulungan. You created a puppet out of my hunter, Clad...And I'm not happy about it. You took away what's mine"