"Catch me if you can!" Natatawang sabi ng batang lalaki sa kalaro nitong batang babae.
"Time's up muna Nav." Hinihingal na sabi ng batang babae habang nakapatong ang kamay sa mga tuhod. Madaling huminto sa pagtakbo ang batang lalaki upang lapitan ang kalaro saka ito mahinang hinaplos sa likod.
"NJ, okay ka lang ba?" Nag-aalalang tanong nito sa batang babae. Nakangiting tumango naman si NJ. Kapagkuwan ay mahina niya itong tinapik sa balikat saka nag sabi ng 'taya'.
"Ang daya mo NJ!" Naka-simangot na sabi ng batang si Naveen bago nagsimulang tumakbo upang habulin ang kalaro.
"Sorry Nav, but it's called tactic." Natatawang sabi ni NJ habang patuloy pa rin sa pagtatakbo.
Paikot-ikot lang sila sa loob ng malaking silid hanggang dalawin sila ng pagod.
Pareho silang nakaupo sa sahig habang humihingal. Nagkatinginan silang dalawa saka nagtawanan.
"Sa susunod talaga ako na ang mananalo." Ani Naveen. NJ just stuck her tongue out. "Not gonna happen."
Bigla nalang siyang natawa nang kilitiin siya ng batang lalaki. "Okay, okay." Natatawa pa rin niyang sabi saka lang huminto si Naveen sa pagkiliti sa kanya. "I'll let you win next time."
"Promise?" Naveen asked and afterwards raised his right hand, palm open.
"Promise." Sagot naman ni NJ at ginaya ang ginawa ni Naveen, tinaas din niya ang kaliwang kamay bago sila nag high five then kissed each other's back of palms.
Ginagawa nila ito as a sign to seal their deal. Any kind of agreement.
"It's sealed kaya huwag ka na talagang mandaya sa susunod." Tinuro ni Naveen si NJ na nakangiti lang tumango.
"Oo na."
Nagkatinginan sila at sabay na tumawa. Suddenly both their eyes glowed in bright red orange color.
At the state of half asleep and half awake, tears streamed down Nerissa's face when throbbing and stinging pain conquered her whole body and mind. Letting out a deep-throated sound due to the excruciating obnoxious agony, her voice started to sound hoarse.
Lying on her side on the now ice-cold floor, Nerissa's forehead creased feeling the cold like winter creeping from the top of her head and down to her curled toes.
Despite the feeling of coldness within her and in the surrounding, large form of sweat soaked her hair and clothes. Doubling the unpleasant feeling she's already feeling.
The high magus, still sitting with their legs crossed, moved in perfect unison as they lift all their right hand in circular motion high above one's head. First to middle fingers maintained in upright position while the rest fingers are folded.
The other hand, palms open and hardly pressed on the floor where different letters and figures are written. Glowing in clear white and neon light shade of blue color, the writings all over the place drummed like a pulse as it emits a ghastly shadow towards Paris and Nerissa
Immediately Nerissa's chest heaved up at the moment both her arms started to feel a debilitating searing pain, nearly numbing all her body's senses. Groaning in pain, her body began to slightly quiver when marks slowly carved unto her skin.
Motionless, the high magus' eyes glowed bright in the candle-lit room. Humming the same wordless song, they all stared to Nerissa and Paris starting to levitated inside the tower. His head right above her head, as both lay horizontal to each other.
BINABASA MO ANG
The Crimson Curse✔
Vampire"It was just a normal day but it turns out to be the scariest." One day when Nerissa "Issa" Jaze Monique Nelo and her parents were travelling to their new home called Veliks city - an erstwhile old and forgotten kingdom, when they didn't expe...
