Writer's note: I know, I know, it took a long time. I just don't want to disappoint. Also, this is your trigger warning for violence. Tell me about your thoughts.
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
A l e k
"You love her."
Yes, I do. It was confirmed with the way I glared at Rio. The way she laughs makes me sick. I love Natalia, that's what I'm sure of right now, at this very moment. I swear to God, 'pag bumalik ang lakas ko, hindi ko na palalampasin yang si Ruiz. I will finish her in the most horrific way possible.
"Actually, you loved her."
"Yes, she loved me. You remained as a friend, but never the one."
"Um, tabi-tabi po. But can we all be sensitive here?" Bree snoops in, darting her eyes to both me and Rio. "That would be great. Thank you very much."
"Oh, you are pathetic, Latorre." Inismiran ni Bree ang kababata naming si Rio. "All these years? My God."
Maybe we should. Sorry, Sabrina. As I was leaning against Teddy's body, I suddenly felt sad. I don't know why, but I felt like the earth is going to open up and swallow me whole. I felt like my body is going to give in anytime soon. Human nature is getting the best of me and this is not the perfect time for it to happen. Talia is not safe. Nobody is safe as long as these two are here. I need to think fast.
"What's the plan? And I hope it involves eliminating the factors that should not exist anymore," I heard Bree say to me. Whispering is useless; Rio and I share the same gift - enhanced auditory senses. Speed is what I have passed on to Morgana. I am both and I am stronger, ngunit ako'y patuloy pa rin sa pag-abot ng aking paghinga. Sa ngayon, dehado kami. Ayaw ko ring madamay si Natalia. "We cannot just stay here and let Cali-part-two die in the hands of these greedy assholes."
"Watch your words, child," Morgana sneered. Teddy swallowed something that seemed like a grapefruit. She's scared, I can tell. "Part two? Yes, they are in fact the same. Parehong mamamatay dahil kay Leona kung hindi niya ito pag-iisipan ng maayos."
"No need to rub that on my face. I think about it every single day."
Nang tumikhim si Rio, nagsimulang maglakad palapit ang matanda. Something is not right, especially when Morgana nodded her head slowly to me. "Ibigay niyo sa akin si Natalia. Hindi lang isa ang mawawala sayo, Leona. Mag-isip ka. Who is missing?" With all my might, I shielded all of them with my body. Something tells me that Morgana never intended anyone to get hurt that much from that blow. What is happening? Is she trying to tell me something?
"Save her, Leona!"
"What?"
"I have lived long enough. I don't want this anymore." There's something about that look. Morgana is trying to tell me something. This time, I'm sure. "She's the youngest living descendant of my family. She needs to be-" Calista's sister, the first-born of the Arzadon's mouthed me to run and gestured for us to go when Rio suddenly grabbed her by the arm, tackled the old vampire down, and finally ended her life with the help of my hand. Ako lang kasi ang kayang makapatay sa kanila, for they are all my creation. She forced me to rip her heart out.
"Rio, what did you do?" Iniisip ko ngayon at pinagdudugtong-dugtong ang mga pangyayari. Why would she kill someone whose protecting her?
🎶 Parah Dice feat. Holy Molly, Everybody's Scared
"Ah, that felt good."
"But... why?" Stammering, I spoke. I was staring at the lifeless and heartless body of Calista's sister. "Why did you..."
BINABASA MO ANG
Tall, Dark and Dead (Rewritten)
Vampire"I want to taste your sweet plasma." Vampires? I never believed in such things until I found the most beautiful and ruthless of them all. Guess what? She's my professor, too!
