Bound by Crown (Boundless #1)

Chapter 47

I did not have the chance to answer back as we heard gunshots that fired near us that made the man released his hold on me. Just like me, I'm sure he was shocked as hell.

Narinig ko pa ang pagtawag ng napakapamilyar na boses sa akin galing sa kung saan. Gusto kong tumakbo papalapit doon at makatakas sa lalaki pero para akong nabibingi at nahilo bigla.

Hindi ako makakilos pero pagyuko ko ay nakita ko ang lalaki na humatak sa akin papunta rito na nakahilata na sa sahig. Doon ko rin nakita na may kulay pula ang aking damit saka ko naramdaman ang panghihina kaya napabagsak nalang din ako sa sahig.

Hindi ako makagalaw at napipikit nalang ako na paramg antok na antok na hindi ko mapigilan na matulog hanggang sa may makalapit sa akin. Binuhat niya ako ng mabilis pero maingat at kaagad itinakbo sa loob ng building kung saan may harang pa saka niya ulit ako ibinaba pahiga.

"You're okay, baby." Medyo nanginginig nitong sabi sabay hubad ng kanyang suot na damit at diin sa aking tiyan dahilan ng pagungol ko sa sakit na naramdaman.

"Vlad..." I called, my voice sounded weak even for me.

"Save your strength. Hold on for me, baby. You'll be fine."

"I love... you." Lunok ko sabay mabagal na pumikit.

Parang manhid na ang aking katawan dahil hindi ko na masyadong maramdaman ang sakit sa aking tiyan. Sa ngayon ay antok ang dumating sa akin at parang hinihila ako ng tulog na hindi ko na talaga kayang pigilan. My head is swirling.

Kahit nakapikit ay naramdaman ko pa ang paghawak niya sa aking magkabilang pisngi pero parang echo nalang na boses ang naririnig ko.

I can't even focus on what's happening around us and just tried to hear his voice one last time.

"Don't close your eyes! Sophie, stay with me. Come on, baby!"

His voice sounds far away from me and it was hard to follow his orders when I can't control what I am feeling right now and as much as I want to obey him like how it is usually when I am with him because of his natural alpha nature, the other me is winning that tells me I have to shut down.

I'm sorry I couldn't follow his orders. I just need to sleep for a while because I am feeling a lot more than dizziness, then it happened. I faded out of consciousness and joined darkness.

So many voices and blurry images of faces I don't recognize passed in and out of my awareness. I knew I was on a gurney, felt tubes in my nose that I couldn't yanked down because I feel so weak at the moment, nurses shouting on either sides of me, then I blacked out again.

The beeping sound in the room got me irritated. I'm conscious again but this time, I wasn't fighting to open my eyes or talk, I know that I am already in control.

I slowly opened my eyes and gave out a little wince when my eyes was hit with a bright light. The room is so bright and everything is so white I couldn't see clearly.

"Sophia?" A male with a low but soft voice called me.

I knew who he was in an instant. The voice I wouldn't forget for the entirety of my life even if I'm feeling groggy.

"Vlad, lights." I gathered strength to say it out loud with the oxygen covering half of my face.

Naramdaman ko ang mabilis niyang pag-alis at ang bahagyang pagdim ng ilaw. Bago ko pa tuluyang mabukas ang aking mga mata para sumilip ay naramdaman ko na nasa aking gilid na kaagad siya at nakahawak sa aking kamay, ang isa naman ay nakahawak ng marahan sa aking gilid.

"That okay?" He asked.

I nodded my head a little as I gave the place a quick sweep. I'm hundred percent that I am in a hospital. Sunod ko naman na pinakatignan ang lalaki na nakadungaw sa akin. Medyo magulo ang itsura niya ngayon, magulong buhok at halatang puyat sa malim nitong mga mata, pero walang pinagbago kung gaano siya kaguwapo sa aking paningin.