"Pierre..."
Hindi na siya makagalaw sa kinatatayuan ng banggitin nito ang pangalang halos kinalimutan na niya.
Angelique du Soliel. His twin sister. He can still remember how his world revolved around her. She was only one left for him after their mother died and left to tend on their own by their own father. The first person he swore that he would die for. And he did.
Lumapit ito nang dahan-dahan. The trail of her long black gown elegantly swayed behind her.
"Brother.."
She gently touched the scar on his chest with her soft warm hand. "I always believe in my heart that you survived. They searched for you. They didn't find your body. Not even your ashes."
Tumango siya pero nanatili siyang nakatayo. Hindi na niya magawa pang magsalita.
He felt Angelique's palm on his cheek. Bahagya pa itong natawa habang hinahaplos ang pilat niya.
"Where's that proud prince I grew up with? Were you living inside a cave all this time? Nakalimutan mo na yatang mag-shave." Puna nito.
"Things are different now, Angie." He said. Napapikit siya. Marahan niya ding hinaplos ang kamay nito na nasa pisngi.
How he missed her. Napakatagal na panahon na nang magkaharap sila. Para nang natatabunan nang lahat nang ito ang hinanakit niya.
"I see, you've became a hunter." Huminga ito nang malalim. Alam niyang nakita na nito ang hunter mark niya sa kamay.
He hunted his own kind. He killed them. But most, for the reason to protect ordinary humans to uncover their existance. And he did that to survive. Wala na siyang mapupuntahan pa. Wala na siyang ibang pamilya.
"I was dead in our world," he said. "You killed me."
"Forgive me...ginawa ko yon para protektahan ang pamilya ko," she said. Napakagat ito ng labi. Binawi nito ang kamay at yumuko.
"Many elders died during the war, we had a chance to rewrite everything. We...We did. We made up our own history."
History with those lies? Kailan pa naging tama na palitan ang nakaraan?
"You've erased me in your lives like I never existed," He said. It was the highest punishment according to their law. "I've done a lot of awful things, Angelique. But I don't think I deserve it. I saved your husbands life, I saved all of them. And this is how you repay me?"
Napailing siya.
Ayaw niya na sana niyang manumbat pero alam niyang hindi tama ang nangyari.
He knew that the King claimed that victory alone. Itinago nito sa lahat ang totoo maski ang naging partisipasyon ng mga hunters na tumulong dito. He was declared a hero. And those who died, forgotten.
"I lost hope, Pierre. Kahit naniniwala akong buhay ka pa, hindi ko alam kung makakabalik uli o magpapakita ka pa. I've agreed with Kiel, makakatulong iyon sa pagsisimula namin uli," sambit naman ng kapatid niya.
"And this is not for us. This is for our daughters."
Napasuklay siya nang nagulong buhok. Wala na siyang panahon sa ngayon para usisain pa ang nakaraan. Hindi naman iyon ang pinunta niya dito. May mga importante bagay siyang dapat malaman.
"Where is Nia?" he asked.
Napaawang naman ang bibig nito. Halata niya dito ang pagkagulat.
"Y-you've met Natalia, Pierre. Siya ang nagdala sayo--"
