Deceret Series #2: Bleed for Love

Chapter 13

Silence stretched between the two of us as the first rays of sun slanted through the open window. Few yards below is La Union's waves, and already I could smell the sea and salt drifting inside my small apartment as Rigor lay still next to me.

My eyes travel to the tight ridges of muscles in his biceps. He has a body of an athlete, I swear. A simple black, cotton shirt failed to hide it. I wonder if he could lift me up as we kiss in the rain like I always read on romance novels?

"Yes, I could, Czarina."

Fuck. Nanlaki ang mga mata ko at kaagad akong lumingon palayo. Did I say it out loud?!

"Cherié, you should be asleep."

My heart hammered when he suddenly murmured lazily with his eyes still closed. Mas lalo akong nanigas at isiniksik ang sarili sa pinakadulo ng kama. May unan na nakaharang sa aming dalawa. We still abided to the first two rules that there shouldn't be no kissing or touching.

I gave him a side-glance and saw he's slowly opening his eyes. The left iris, a sharp, cool shade of green was my first view. Then right iris ring is a soft hazelnut. I drew in a sharp breath to swallow all my worship songs to this guy. I know his eyes are amazing, but I never thought it would be one hundred times better when he first open his eyes in the morning.

A silly fantasy assaulted my mind. The pungent desire to see his eyes crack open every morning throbbed in my chest.

"Bakit ka may heterochromia?" hindi ko na napigilang tanong sa kaniya.

"Huh?" kumunot ang noo niya. Gamit ang kaliwang siko ay inangat niya ang sarili bahagya at tinitigan ako paibaba. His silver dog tag made some noise. I swallowed hard.

"Iyong isang mata mo, kulay berde. Yung isa naman, kulay tsokolate..."

"I allegedly inherited it from my mother." He collapsed back into the bed with a grunt.

I licked my lower lip and pull the sheets closer to me. "Mama mo?"

Tamad na tango ang isinagot niya sa akin.

"Siguro ang ganda-ganda niya."

Natahimik si Rigor sandali, at dahan-dahang nagtaas-baba ang balikat.

"Dunno. I've never saw her."

My mouth dropped. He never saw her?!

"Pero..."

"It may not seem like it, but we also have our fair share of family issues..." he glanced at me.

Naisip ko si Silver. She's barely a teenager. Siguro ay nasa 15 or 16 pa ang edad niya. I thought her elegance and gracefulness are something she and her mother shares. Turns out she grew up with only male alphas around her.

"Hindi mo alam kung anong mukha niya? Kahit litrato... wala?"

"Blade knows her face and name." was all he said. Hindi na rin ako nangulit pa. Siguro ay hindi rin sinasabi ni Blade sa kanila. What right do I have to intrude?

"You know..." tumihaya ako at tinitigan ang kisame. I could already feel myself feeling better. "My landlady will kill me once she finds out you spent the night here."

Nilingon ko si Rigor. Umukit ang isang pilyong ngiti sa mukha niya. He still looked so sleepy with strands of thick, black hair falling into his forehead.

I grinned inwardly. Worth it.

"Really?"

A strong alarm went off inside my head when he finally hauled himself up. He bridged the pillow that separates the two of us. Nakatukod na ngayon ang isang palad niya sa may tainga ko habang ang buong mukha niya ay nilalapit sa akin.