His Aphrodite

[Chapter 52: Dark Past]

*Axellous's Point of View

Silence immediately surrounded the moment Auntie said that. Napadako naman agad ang tingin ko kay Scar-I mean, kay Aphrodite na ngayon ay nakangiti ng nakakaloko kay Zace matapos niyang banggitin ang buong pangalan niya.

"First ever? You mean, all those years, those rings are being inherited by the Zimas and generationally getting married to the Ravens?"

Lahat kami ay agad na napatingin kay Hue nang sabihin niya 'yon. What he just said made Auntie nod and once again, take a last quick glimpse to those picture frames before getting back to hear seat.

Nakita naman namin siyang tumikhim bago muling tumingin sa amin at magsalita.

"The last desire of her late great grandparents and her grandparents as well, was to have the first ever young heiress to be born."Auntie briefly explained.

"And as if the gods heard their desire, the late heiress of the Ravens whose married to the late heir of the Zimas gave birth to Aphrodite."

Wait, Zima? Where did I heard that, again?

"Holy pizza! You're relatively connected to both Roge and Triton?!"Agad naman akong napatayo nang ma-realize ko kung anong apelyido niya, habang sila ay agad na nagsitinginan sa akin, lalo na si Zace na kunot-noong nakatingin sa akin matapos kong sabihin 'yon.

"Yes, Axe. She is."

Auntie was about to answer me, but someone already interrupted her before she could ever do so.

Napalingon naman kaming lahat sa may pinto kung saan namin narinig ang boses na 'yon, at doon namin nakita sila Treck, Trixie at Azraell na kasama sina Roge and Triton na may pito pang lalaking nasa likuran nila.

Now who the hell are they? My forehead suddenly creased.

"How exactly connected?"Hue suddenly butted in that made Treck answer him, eventually.

"Cousins, to be precise."He shrugged and look at both Roge and Triton who are now both beside Aphrodite. On the other hand, those unknown 7 guys who all just entered give me the suspicion.

"Why Aphrodite?"Nang magtanong naman ulit si Hue kung bakit 'yon ang tawag kay Aphrodite, ay agad namang nawala ang liwanag sa mukha ni Auntie.

And as if she was hesitating, someone already did it for her.

"The last ever desire of her grandparents was if they ever had a young girl to be born, they want her to be named Aphrodite."Ulysses once again butted in that made everything in silence.

"But that desire faded when the one who gave her that name was-"

"Ulysses."

Bigla nalang kaming napatingin sa kanila Roge nang bigla siyang sumabat at bahagyang pinigilan si Ulysses sa pagtapos ng kaniyang sasabihin. Aphrodite on the other hand held him and signaled Ulysses to continue.

With what she did, we just saw all those guys looked at her with concerned eyes.

"Before the Alum was built to protect the heirlooms, this was Aphrodite's training place. Growing up with various regiments that would help her developed, she was guided and observed by all the people under Alum."

"Especially, by her own family."Ulysses stopped and quickly took a glimpse towards Aphrodite before going back, once again.

"This place was specifically managed by her own father, Callixto Zeus Vaughan Zima. Ever since they knew she was going to be the heiress of their family someday, they raised her like no other parents could."

"Not until conflictions arised inside the Alum that made everything gone berse-"

"That's eno-"

"Let them, Crimson."Halos matuod naman kaming lahat nang muli naming marinig magsalita si Aphrodite.

She's been extremely quiet and intimidating ever since we knew her real identity. Tinignan siya agad nung Crimson at sabay nalang na napabuntong-hininga nang magtama ang mga mata nila.

"Everything gone berserk? What do you mean?"

"Conflictions arised due to betrayal by the one who's been chasing us down-the Onyx."

"Tita Avani mentioned last time that they eventually turned their backs from us, right?"Azraell suddenly butted in and assumed something that made us to nod.

"That's because before even chasing us down themselves to own the heirlooms-"

"It was their will of desire to use Aphrodite as their ace and used her against odds while owning every heirlooms in this world."Vi took the initiative and cut Azraell off as she continued what he was about to say.

They what?

"From the moment Aphrodite knew about it, she was eventually had to used her complete force to save herself."Auntie, once more butted in that made us glance back at her.

"By means of force, she was completely out of control until she found herself covered in blood."

"No one was able to control her, for all those people who tried and risked themselves were eventually-"

"Killed."Treck finished what her sister was going to say and that made us all went in silence. Bigla naman kaming nakarinig ng isang pagsarado ng pinto na naging dahilan para mapalingon kami doon.

Doon lang din namin napansin na wala na si Aphrodite na sinundan naman nung mga lalaking kasama niya, maski sina Roge at Triton ay wala na din.

"She became someone whom they should have never messed with."

Auntie immediately broke the silence between us while gradually looking at the door where they left.

"Is that why she's somehow connected to the Onyx, as well?"Tanong ni Zace.

"The Onyx was formed after the incident and eventually blamed her for what happened."

Napakunot naman ang noo namin nang sabihin 'yon ni Auntie.

"What do you mean?"Nagkatinginan naman sila nang marinig ang tanong na 'yon.

"Despite someone who survived from all those people who tried to use her, Aphrodite suffered from having a trauma ever since then."Zace suddenly went alert the moment we heard what Ulysses said.

"Trauma?"

"She had a trauma despite surviving the incident."Azraell pointed out and look towards the door.

"The Onyx provoked her that none of that would might happened if she just go with what they want."Kumunot naman ang noo ko.

"Why? What happened?"Zace butted in right away.

"She eventually found herself covered in their blood. She killed them, Zace."Napatingin naman kami kay Trixie nang magsalita siya.

"But what made her suffered was among them, was their father."Napalingon kami kay Auntie nang magsalita siya.

She directly looked at us.

"The one who only risked himself just to save her, because she was really out of control."

From that moment, I almost widened my eyes for what we just heard.

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