Untitled Part 31

512 24 2
                                    


AYAW na niyang matulog. Dahil alam ni Arik, babalikan siya ng bangungot. Paulit-ulit at wala siyang magagawa sa panaginip. Ang lahat ay nangyari na dahil sa kanyang pagkakamali at hindi niya maitatama iyon sa panaginip. Kailangan niyang makabalik sa Krohn.

Bumangon siya. Base sa dilim at sa dampi ng malamig na hangin, nasa kalagitnaan na ang gabi. He paced in the dark, trying to calm himself. But he remained agitated and restless.

Si Tarcila lang ang makakapagpakalma sa kanya. She was in his dream. It seemed real. He tried to stop her. Kalapastanganan ang ginawa ng babae. But it made the nightmare go away... even for a while.

Lumabas ng silid si Arik. Hindi naman nakakandado ang kabilang silid. Binuksan niya ang pinto. Aninag niya sa kama si Tarcila. Nakabaluktot. Her back to him. She looked tiny and frail. Something tugged at his heart. He ignored it. Hindi iyon importante.

He joined the woman on the bed, went under her blanket and pulled her to face him.

Nagising agad ito. "Arik?"

"Sshhh..." Siniil na agad niya ito ng halik para hindi makatutol.

Pero nagawa pa ring kumalas ni Tarcila. "Arik, n-naaalala mo na?"

Hindi niya alam ang itinatanong ng babae. "Whatever." He kissed her again. Mas mariin. Mas malalim. His fire would consume her. She moaned as he bore down on her, pressing his need, letting her know.

He could not be denied.

The fire inside him could not be denied.

Arik, the Traitor of KhronHikayelerin yaşadığı yer. Şimdi keşfedin