THE QUEEN (Season 1: Completed)

Prologue

"Dad, enough." Binitawan ko ang mga kubyertos at walang ganang tinitigan ito. Nakita kong natigilan rin si Kuya sa pagnguya at nagpapalit-palit ng tingin sa aming dalawa.

"Make up your mind, Senth." Striktong sagot nito. I sighed and wiped my mouth clean.

"They did it fir.."

"There you are again with your excuses!" He slammed the wooden table. "I told you to fix that temper of yours!"

"My temper was never the issue." I deadpanned. "They brought it to themselves."

"But instead of having that god-damned talk, you had them all dead instead!" He hissed but I just shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly.

"Going there doesn't warrant them to talk shit about me. 'Am not there stupid dog." Natigilan naman ito sa naging turan ko at naging mas seryoso nang bumaling ang tingin sa akin.

"You knew exactly why you have to do it! It's your responsibility as the soon to be head of Okato to maintain the treaty. You need to protect our organization at all cost." Mariin nitong pagkakasabi.

"And that is exactly what I am doing. To hell with Lukiza!" I retorted. "It's not my fault if they're all weaklings! Tell them not to send stupid people next time or else, I will still do what I did last night."

Biglang pumagitna ang katahimikan sa aming tatlo. Ramdam ang tensyon na namumuo sa hapag-kainan.

"There's no next time. I'm sending you back to the Philippines." His final verdict. Napalingon ako sa gawi nito at nahagip ng mga mata ko ang nakaawang na labi ni Kuya.

"Aherm... Dad, this is not the ti.." Kuya tried to intervene but was immediately cut off.

"Pilipinas o Amerika?" Napatingin ako kay Kuya. Kunot ang noo nito at akmang sisitahin uli si Daddy pero umiling nalang ako dito para matigil na ang diskusyon.

"Fine, then."

"You needed a breather, right? Take a break and lay low. Do what you have to do." Tiningnan niya ako ng seryoso. "Finish your other course in Montreal Academy."

I sighed and shook my head. I don't want to leave Korea but an order is an order. I can't object to my father's words. He's still my superior, afterall.

"I'll pass Okato Mafia in your hands when the right time comes but for now, you must learn how to control your temper to maintain relationships. Our future lies with in your hands as the next head." Pinal na sabi nito kaya wala akong nagawa at tumango.

"Ye, abeonim."

"Learn how to control your thirst for blood. You cannot kill people simply just because you find them an eyesore." He said and left the dinning hall.

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