ANTHALIA IVVANOVICH: The Substitute Bride

Chapter 26

I pulled myself together and entered Baubax.
I am wearing a dark hoodie jacket and a face mask na may printed na Wolf's snout to hide half of my face.

Pleois told me to wait for him but I didn't, I took the risk and went to the central district of Baubax. It is where trigóno plaza located.

Nang pumara ako sa bus na sinakyan ko madali akong nagtungo sa plaza , walang kahit sinong Tao o nilalang. I can even hear the slow blow of air from the pavements and I can see dust being blown away.

Naglakad ako sa pathway. In the middle of the triangle pathway there's the statue of a Gryffon.

That's our house symbol. It meant power and protection. My nerves shake, I can't even do that. I am weak.

It's old, greyish now because the paint is no longer pigmented. Lumapit ako sa estatwa at dinama ang matigas at malamig na semento.

Then I saw a droplets of hardened paint on the ground.

Umikot ako at pumunta sa likod ng estatwa because it is where the droplets came from.

Then I saw it, it's the same symbol painted all over Baubax. My symbol.

A dagger piercing the darkness.

I suddenly felt a thug in my heart. The silence became deafening. I roam my eyes around...

"Oh God..."

Napa atras ako. The pain in my chest is so heavy , I placed my palm in my mouth to stifle my cries.

I saw at least 20 people hanging in the plaza's posts nasa gilid at di kalayuan sa akin.

The bodies are decapitated. The heads are lying on the ground.

I didn't... I didn't notice them awhile ago.

"Oh God..." Lumapit ako sa isang katawan, and I saw a familiar tattoo in his wrist.

Dagger piercing the darkness.

"Thalia."

I perflex and ready to attack the man behind me but he's faster.

He dodged my attack.

"It's me!!"

He raised his hands.

"Pleois" exasperated Kong wika dahil sa takot at kaba.

Naka mask din siya

"Come. We need to leave now.."

Tumulo Ang luha ko.

"But... How about them?"

He eyed me longer.

"They will be burned without a proper burial. They are considered criminals for a treason. We can't do anything principesa..."

Naikuyom ko Ang kamao.

" For now." I whispered.

For now. Because I'm going to avenge their deaths. Fuck Maurico.

"Besides, they will start cleaning any signs of revolution starting now because... "

Nilingon ko siyang muli. He looks like he's having a battle royal in his mind.

"Because what?"

"The princess Equija and Prince Ezekiel will arrive in Baubax..."

" With their new born child."

New born child

I was speechless for a moment.