The Immortal Blood [Taglish Version]

CHAPTER 66 - AZURE

Jade Cardwell

SHADOW Spirits lurking in the darkness. Demons who served as minions of Karan. The immortal Protectors and the guardians of Caelum. These are too much information to take all at once.

Sabi ni Raphael, ako daw ay isang Protector and I am destined to save humanity from the darkness of Karan. I need to protect the valuable Vessel, who is none other than Raphael Lancaster.

What seems to be bothering me is the fact that Raphael only posed as my boyfriend to take care of me. He saved me from my extreme loneliness. He is the one who gave me a ray of sunshine in my dark sadness filled world.

Ang lahat ng ito pala ay trabaho lamang para sa kanya, isang responsibilidad para protektahan ang isang Protector na tulad ko. Buong akala ko ay minahal niya ako.

He kissed me countless of times. We even spent an unforgettable night where he owned me until we ran out of breath. We spent time together, shared moments together. And yet he never did love me. He never even once told me that he has feelings for me. I was such a fool to assume that he loved me.

Heartbreak. Napakababaw ko kung magfofocus ako sa heartbreak na gawa ni Raphael. Ilang taon na ang lumipas. Natanggap ko na noon pa na hindi kami para sa isa't isa. Naka move on na ako sa sinasabi nilang first love.

Naka move on na nga ba ako? O gumawa lang ako ng isang make-believe reality para itago ang sakit na nararamdaman ko?

"Jade? Are you listening to me?" tanong ni Raphael sabay pisil sa kamay ko.

"H-ha?"

"Narinig mo ba ang sinabi ko tungkol sa mga Divine Spirits? Anong iniisip mo?"

"Sabi mo si Aerand ay isang spirit-like being na sa ngayon. Wala na siyang physical na katawan. How about ang mga Shadow Spirits? Meron ba silang original na katawan sa langit?"

"According to Aerand, before they were vanquished by the light of the Creator, they used their corrupted Vasi to hide and protect their original bodies. We don't know where and how they were able to do that, but Aerand assumed that these Shadow Spirits managed to retrieve their bodies by now."

"Apat lang ba ang Shadow Spirit? Si Alarcus at ang tatlo pa niyang kasamahan?"

"Naglaho na lahat ng Shadow Spirit sa mundo nang nilikha ng Ama ang liwanag. These four remaining Shadow Spirits are the strongest among the rebelled guardians."

"Wala na bang malalakas na guardians sa Caelum ang pwedeng tumulong sa atin?"

"Sadly, the four strongest guardians rebelled against the Creator. Kung meron man mga guardians na hindi sumali sa rebelyon, I don't think na kaya nilang paslangin ang mga Shadow Spirits."

"I think the Creator cannot destroy them as He loves the, hence, the Protectors were created."

"Jade, you have to drink my blood. May pagbabanta sa buhay mo at ang Immortal Blood lang ang makakasagip sa'yo sa kamatayan."

"Raphael, hindi ko ata kayang maging Protector mo---"

"Don't be stubborn, love. May killer ghost na humahabol sa'yo. May Shadow Spirit na gusto ka din patayin. Nasa panganib ang buhay mo. Please drink my blood and please do it for me. I don't want you to die," nakikiusap na sabi ni Raphael.

"Bakit? Dahil wala kang laruan?"

Tinitigan lang ako ni Raphael, pero hindi niya sinagot ang tanong ko. Siguro hanggang ngayon, hindi niya alam kung ano ko sa buhay niya.