The Whisperer's Last Breath (bxb)

Prologue| chase

The siren wailed as I heard my blood rushing through my ears. Tumakbo ako nang tumakbo without minding the rain that was like icy bullets on my skin. I can already feel the exhaustion pero wala akong nagawa kundi ang magpatuloy.

My skinny paled skin was covered with bruises as I pass through the woods. The branches of humongous skeleton-like trees were cutting my skin as the gushing of crimson blood stained my rugged clothes.

Halos manginig na ang mga tuhod ko sa pagod pero wala akong nagawa kundi bilisan ang pagtakbo as I heard the siren and the barks of those monstrous dogs came nearer and nearer.

They were after me because I just killed a man. At kamalas-malasan pa dahil hindi lang sya basta-basta.

He was an important person sa village namin-but an evil one.

What he did to my family is ruthless. Dagdag mo pa yung ginawa nya sa akin. Those were enough to pull the trigger that rip the breath off from that man's body.

Yeah, I killed him.

At the age of seventeen, wala akong pinagsisisihan sa ginawa ko. Kaya heto ako ngayon, tumatakbo-fighting for my life.

Isang liko pa ang aking ginawa at nakailang yuko rin ako upang iwasan ang mga matatalim na sanga ng mga puno na sumusugat sa balat ko.

And to my final turn, hindi ko napansin ang malaking ugat na nakaangat sa lupa.

I fell at nagpagulong-gulong paibaba sa matarik na bangin.

Halos hindi ko na ininda ang sakit ng aking katawan dahil ang tanging nasa isip ko na lamang ay...

'Ito na ba ang katapusan ko?'

Nahinto ang aking paggulong nang mapunta ako sa isang malambot ngunit basang lupa.

I almost jumped nang maramdaman kong unti-unti akong lumulubog dito.

A scene popped into my mind.

Gusto ko sanang kumawala sa kumunoy na ito ngunit wala nang lakas na natitira pa sa aking katawan.

From that very moment, I accepted my destiny.

I did nothing but to close my eyes when inhaled the sand that hindered my lungs to function.

The last thing I knew, unti-unti na akong lumubog sa kawalan.