Strings and Chains (The Frey, #1)

21. Long Talk

STRINGS AND CHAINS

CHAPTER 21

"Anong mayroon sa mga Frey?" tanong ko. I am confused. I have no idea who actually Rai is. Wala siyang binanggit tungkol sa pagkatao niya except that he was a werewolf and now he's a vampire. Hindi ako nagtanong about him, his past, and his real identity, which I don't know, probably my mistake. Maybe I didn't care dahil I know wala namang balak na masama sa akin si Rai. Well, bukod sa kama, which isn't a bad thing for me. Vamp damn it.

He mentioned his brothers. Nakilala ko pa nga 'yong isa, si Gregory at ang anak ng master niya, si Ivana. I only know one at 'yon ay kasalukuyan siyang nasa punishment ng kanyang master and somehow I saved him and he ended up here with my side. He also mentioned that their family is the current head of the vampire race. Well, big de

Bukod d'yan, I do not know anything. Mayroon bang kinalaman ang mga bampira rito? If mayroon, anong papel nila sa away between the incubi and witches? At ano rin ang papel nila Trojan, ang mga Roscoe, which is a family of werewolves, sa gulong 'to?

"He didn't say anything to you?" tanong ni Trojan.

Tumingin ako sa kanya. "Kung ikaw nga ay hindi mo sinabi na werewolf ka pala until now, do you think Raiden will say anything about him?"

Natahimik siya sa sagot ko. "Now tell me what's so special about them?"

"Frey is the first vampires who lived here. The curse of bloodsuckers started in their lineage, to their father, Lazarus Frey," wika ni Tito George.

Their father... Lazarus Frey... I remember Rai told me he was born during Middle Ages. Damn, that was a very long time.

"Lazarus Frey that time had seven sons with different women at the same time," dugtong pa ni Tito George.

Okay... Interesting... I remember Raiden said this too. But like what I said, who am I to judge?

"And these women were human?" tanong ko.

"No, they were not. Each was different species. We only know about Raiden and his mother. His brothers, that we have no idea," sagot sa akin ni Tito George.

Seven women, different species, different lineage, different creatures, at the same damn time. Holy sh-t. Then his Raiden's father was the pambansang f-ckboy that time. How did he even manage to do that?

"And?" tanong ko.

Nakita ko ang masamang tingin sa akin ni Dennis at Vanilla. Hindi pa nakakasagot si Tito George nang si Vanilla na ang nagpaliwanag sa akin. She's irritated dahil mukhang wala naman akong pakialam kung mapanganib si Rai or any of his past.

"They were the leaders of the vampire race before. But they were ousted by the other vampires. We heard that they were killed; some said they were punished for what they'd done. They killed men, women, and children. They did not care whether you're innocent or not, they would only kill. That was how they were thirsty for blood. Our race was also their victim and there were others too. Now your beloved here, who you fucked in your own bed every night, is a ruthless, cruel, and violent piece of shit who'd killed many. If you know any of this, you wouldn't even dare to touch that bastard, but because you're too dumb to know or even care, of course, you have no f-cking idea."

For once, hindi ako nakasagot kay Vanilla. Tahimik akong nakaupo sa puwesto ko habang nakatingin sa kanya, nagulat sa mga pinagsasabi niya about kay Rai at sa pamilya niya. If he really did those, I couldn't do anything about it. I was not even there during that time. That was his choices before and I am not part of it. But now, I just want to ask one thing.