Memories of Dark and Ruins (Halifax Series II) {Complete}

Chapter 42

When I woke up, I was already in a different room. I was no longer on my cage but now tied upside-down at may lumalatigo na sa likuran ko. Since then, the pain never went away.

Until now...

With tired eyes, I tried to see what's happening at bakit tumigil sila sa paglatigo sa akin. Nagtatakang tinitigan ko si Oro ng makita ko ang isang mangkukulam na may kulay berdeng buhok.

She made a silver circle using her hands. I've seen Aira tried to create this circle a hundred times before pero hindi nito magawa. It was a viewing spell.

Mu stomach flipped when I saw Tori.

My baby...

She looks radiant as ever.

"Mahal na Prinsisa. Malalim na ang gabi, bakit hindi pa kayo natutulog?"  Lumapit si Mingway sa kaniya and the look he threw on my mate make my skin crawl in anger. He stared at her bosom. That fucker! I will kill him!

"H-Hindi lang ako makatulog kaya naglakad-lakad ako. Hanggang ngayon kasi, hindi pa rin maalis sa puso ko ang galit. How could Daniel leave me like this?"

Nanlamig ako sa narinig. Hindi ko alam kung ilang araw na akong nawawala at hindi ko rin alam kung ano ang sinabi ni Mingway kay Tori pero base sa tono niya, she is really angry.

"May mga lalaki lang siguro po talagang ang pagnanasa ang pinapairal at hindi ang utak nila. Stella was Bastione's seductress at marami na ang nabihag niya. Hindi lang kami makapaniwalang pati ang Hari ay ganon rin."

Nanigas ako nang makita ko ang galit sa mukha ni Tori. I can't help but feel worried. I don't want her to be mad at me. Paano kung hindi na niya ako pakasalan? Paano kung iwan na naman niya ako?

"That jerk!" 

"Saan mo ba siya huling nakita Captain Mingway?"

"Sa paanan po ng gubat, papunta sa boarder kung saan nakaharap sa Leviathan Capital. Hawak niya ang kamay ni Stella kaya I figured out I should give them privacy kaya hindi ko na nilapitan. Hindi ko namam kasi alam na aalis pala sila."

"Nakita mo silang pumasok sa gubat?"

Tumango si Mingway.   "Magkahawak kamay pa."

Heck, I'll just have to court her again and if that won't work, then I'll seduce her until she fell in love with me. I won't stop. But before that, I need to escape somehow!

"Salamat Captain at sinabihan mo ako tungkol dito. You don't know how I appreciate it. Good thing I didn't marry that jerk."

The last words she said broke my heart in pieces. It shattered all hopes I have left. Up until now, she still doesn't trust me. And I can't really blame her. All her life, all the people her family trusted turned against them. The very people they trusted killed her parents.

"Walang anuman kamahalan."

Matagal ng umalis si Oro pati ang mangkukulam na kasama nito pero hindi pa rin maalis sa isipan ko ang mga narinig. It pained me to hear and see that Tori doesn't really want to marry me. Mas masakit pa iyon keysa sa mga latigong tumatama sa likod ko ngayon.

I love her but she doesn't feel the same. She only accepted our bond accidentally. Kung may choice siya, alam kung hindi niya ako tatanggapin. Hindi ko alam kung saan ako nagkamali at bakit ayaw niya sakin. Is it because I'm a Dirty Blood? But she loves Nikolai despite being one. Is it because I'm a Blue Blood? Is it because I'm lazy? But I've changed! And I can prove her that!

I was left alone for the longest time since I arrived here. The lashing stopped but the pain did not. My body started to feel numb and the sting swayed me to slumber pero bago pa ako kainin ng kawalan, sumabog ang lugar. The whole room shook hanggang sa isa-isang nahulog ang mga bato sa itaas. Then the door exploded into tiny pieces.