"I love you all...my children..."
Ang huling salita na kaniyang ama ay tila sirang plaka na paulit-ulit sa isip niya.
Bitbit ang tea ay bumalik sa Bella sa silid ng kaniyang ama.
"Dad..." She called as she gave a warning knock. Bellarie entered the room and was immediately horrified by the sight before her... ang kaniyang ama duguang nakahiga sa kama, dilat na dilat ang mga namumuting mata habang hawak ang leeg, may mga itim na tila mga ugat sa kaniyang balat na gumapang mula sa mga paa nito hanggang ulo. The sight slowly sinked in her mind then she released ablood curling scream.
"NOOOOOOOO!!!! DAD!!!!!"
Desperadong umiyak si Bella habang humihingi ng tulong. Niklaus was the First to respond followed by Dustin the eleventh Braveheart.
"BELLE! WH--" Dustin rushed and was stopped on his tracks as he saw the gruesome state of the man he recognized as their Father.
Natulos sa kinatatayuan si Dustin at sa ganoong estado siya naabutan ng mga kapatid.
"Belles...?" Naputol ang pag-iisip ni Bella at nabalik siya sa kasalukuyan. Napalingon si Bellarie sa tumawag sa kaniya, Kean ... fourth of the Bravehearts. He was the most observant of all her siblings always calculating everyone around him, he also has keen eyes for everything. Ang mga matang iyon na tila ba sinasabi sa kaniyang wala siyang kasalanan at walang may nais sa naganap.
"Kuya..." Mahinang at halos paos na sambit ni Bellarie.
"Blaming yourself again, Belles?" Bellarie did not have to say anything to confirm the statement but instead itinuon niya na lang ang paningin sa sahig. "...it was not your fault...there was nothing you could have done..."
Hindi na mapigil ni Bellarie ang mga luha kaya yumakap na lang siya sa kapatid. Kean hugged her back hoping to lessen the pain she was feeling. Naramdaman ni Kean ang pagsinghap ng kapatid.
"What? What is it Belles?" Kean asked curiously.
"Its just that...Dad's last words to me..." sambit niya.
"Daddy wanted me to look at his library...after he has passed...he said that we could find the answers there..."
"Answers about what?"
"About us...about the truth...behind our identity...well...at least that's what Dad told me."
Kean sighed. "Bellarie...its not that I oppose the idea, but... I'm not very fond of it. Hindi ko na kailangan pang malaman ang nakaraan sapat nang kayo ang kasalukuyan ko, I'm already thankful enough that he took me in and saved me from that hell I was living in before." She sighed not wanting to put up much of a fight knowing that Kean doesn't have that much of a good childhood before the adoption.
Kean saw the conflicted look in her eyes it could not resist his sister.
"But...that doesn't mean that you couldn't look at it yourself and that I wouldn't help you."
Bellarie's face immediately lit up at her brother's words and hurriedly went to their Father's library.
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Sa kusina ng Braveheart Manor, abala si Ramses sa pagluluto. He was a chef after all, and mostly whenever he was overwhelmed with emotions or needs to take his mind off of something, he would drown it in cooking. Pero mukhang hindi siya nito matutulungan sa ngayon, itinigil niya ang paghahalo at tulalang tumingin sa bintana. He was jolted out of his trance when he heard his sister's voice.
BINABASA MO ANG
SVELLAR: The Bravehearts & The Cursed Prince ✔ (TEMPORARILY ON-HOLD)
FantasíaA story that revolves around 12 adopted siblings who grew up as normal citizens until they found out that they are reincarnations of celestial beings that were slaughtered hundreds of years ago. After their adoptive Father died, they are thrusted in...
