The Vampire Prince and the Vampire Hunter Book II

Chapter 142

Rocco Ravenscroft

Pinapanood ko si Astrid habang seryosong binabasa ang librong hawak niya. Her resemblance with the first twin of fates is uncanny. Nakakapangilabot.

Napangisi ako ng sinulyapan niya ako gamit ang matatalim niyang tingin. She hates me. Fifteen hundred years had passed and she still hates me. Naalala ko kanina nang tinanong niya ako kung anong ibig kong sabihin nang sinabi kong matagal ko na siyang kilala, she didn't know we have a long history together. Back in the days when she was still called, Alira Yuen.

I sighed.

"This isn't the first time we met, hindi ba Rocco?" Tanong niya nang di nag aangat ng tingin sa akin.

I hugged the pillow tighter, "No. We met in the underworld. You stayed there with the other twin, Elizabeth I think was her name" who was, of course, called Titania back then.

I had a history with the first set of twin of fates, Titania and Alira.

Kapalaran na talaga ng dalawang kambal ng tadhana ang isakripisyo. Pero sina Titania at Alira ay nabuhay noong mga panahong wala pang mga bampira rito. They were sacrificed for other reasons.

Astrid Turner blinked at me, "Nagkasama tayo sa underworld?"

I rolled my eyes, "Duh. I am the guardian of the underworld. Talagang magkakasama tayo roon"

"Well, hindi ko iyon maalala" she shrugged

Of course you won't. Kapag naalala mo iyon siguradong di ka titigil hanggat di ako namamatay sa harapan mo. Napangisi ako nang maisip iyon. That's just so like her. Katulad na katulad ni Alira.

"Una kitang nakilala labing limang daang taon na ang nakalipas. Hindi mo rin iyon maalala, hindi ba?"

Natigilan siya't nanlalaki ang mga mata ng nag angat ng tingin sa akin.

"Ano?"

"Alira, Alira, Alira" iling iling ko, "Have you really forgotten about me?" I smirked

***

Astrid Agatha

"Alira, have you really forgotten about me?" Rocco pouted hanggang sa naging ngisi iyon

Alira? Who's Alira?

"Did you get my name wrong again? Napakamakakalimutin mo naman ata" ani ko sabay lipat ng pahina sa librong binabasa ko. Pero pagpapanggap lang iyon dahil ang totoo ay hindi ako makapagconcetrate sa pagbabasa dahil kay Rocco! Ugh!

Umiling si Rocco, "No. That was your name when I first met you, Astrid Turner. You were called Alira Yu-en. The great huntress of the northern tribe, Lars"

"Anong kasinungalingan ang pinagsasabi mo naman, Rocco? Are you implying that I've lived hundreds of years ago?"

"I'm not implying. I'm telling you directly that you lived fifteen hundred years ago. Magkababata tayo" he shrugged at saka ako matamang tinitigan, "You, me, and the other twin. She was called Titania Lars. She was the daughter of the chieftain"

"Lie"

He tisked, "Alira and Titania were the first set of twins of fate. They were gifts given by my brother, Lukas Lancaster, to the human beings"

"Kung ganoon si Lukas Lancaster ang nagbigay ng sumpa ng kambal ng tadhana?"

Tumango siya, "Uh-huh"

"Bakit niya naman gagawin iyon?"

"Because that is our job, to guard and guide this world. Iyon ang trabaho naming mga strygx. We are your guardians. Lukas, the first-born strygx is the guardian of good and bad karma. Kapag may hiling o dapat kaparusahan ang mga creatures, siya ang tinatawag nila. Me, the second-born, is the guardian of fates, at kalaunan ng underworld. I welcome the dead at ang nagdedesisyon kung papayagan ko ba silang muling mamuhay sa lupa. And oh, the vampire Olivia, I'm the one who let's her see a glimpse of what will happen" humagikhik muna siya saka nagpatuloy

"Klea, the third-born, is the guardian of transformation, she transformed the humans into vampires, and some of the witches into humans. Every transformation you see in this world: ang pagpapalit ng panahon ay sakop ng kanyang mahika. And Morgan, the fourth born is the guardian of parallel worlds. He can open portals to different worlds pero hindi niya pa nare-realize ang kakayahan niyang iyon. So keep it from him" aniya at kinindatan pa ako

"Paano sina Karina, Kaleb, at Kalum? They're strygx too, right?"

"Ah, oo nga pala. They are strygx and they also have the power of a strygx. However, only those who were born with the pure blood of Draēko, ang maaring tawaging guardian ng mundong ito" he paused, "So they are strygx and that's it. No special powers but undeniably powerful too"

"Guardians, huh? Oh eh paano yung nangyaring sinabi mong magkababata tayo eh kung pagbabasehan sa sinabi mo ngayon ngayon lang ay para kayong diyos ng mundong ito. Why would you live with normal people--- creatures?"

"Because Astrid Turner, like any other creatures I was once a kid too, weak and ordinary" he said, "I bet you know what happens to us strygx, right? Treated as an outcast, persecuted by the people because we're different. Because our biological father is a horrendous mystical creature. Nangyari iyon sa akin. But I did not stay to suffer that kind of fate. I ran as a child at napadpad ako sa tribo ng mga Lars, doon ay nakilala kita at ang kakambal mo" humilig siya sa akin mula sa kinauupuan niya, and look at me with a playful glint in his eyes.

"Listen very carefully, Astrid Turner. Isasalaysay ko sa'yo nakaraan ko, kung saan ay unang nagkasama tayo"