THE ORIGINALS: BLOODLINE

⚜XXXVIII. Lycanthropies ⚜

Nathaniel Vetrova Lorenzittee

Nagising nalang ilang sandali ng may ingay kaming naririnig. The sound loud growls and a scratches of claws on the trees filled my ears.

"AAARRRGGGHHH!!!", Marguerette terrifying screaming mixed the sound of growls and scratches.

Kahit nanghihina ay mabilis akong bumangon ngunit ang sakit na umatake sa akin ay mas lalo kong ikinahihina.

I was tied with vervain and large chains soaked in vervain. The loud growls from distant worried me. They got Marguerette. And where is Jefe? They take her too?

Nagpupumiglas ako ngunit hindi ko magawa. Matindi ang panghihina na aking naramdaman. The vervain tortured me and my skin turns to orange and red. It didn't burn nor peel off but the pain is unbearable.

"AARRGGHH!!", I screamed when someone splashes water with vervain on me.

"Eat!", sigaw ng isang lalaki sa akin at pilit na binuksan ang aking bibig. They stock vervain on my mouth. I was about to spit it out but they tied my mouth with cloth and around my head.

Nakagapos ang kamay ko sa likod at ang dalawang paa ko.

"Napakayabang mong patayin ang isa sa aming kasama! Ikaw ang papatayin namin ngayon!", sigaw nito sa akin.

My eyes are cover with cloth, at ang mas malala pa doon ay may vervain. To cut it all short. All the parts of my body is in vervain. My eyes, mouth, and whole body.

Hindi matigil ang aking sigaw dahil sa kung anu-ano ang kanilang ginawa sa akin.

Basang-basa ako ng tubig ngayon. The sun is at peak kaya maiinit sa aking kinalalagyan.

"Vampires are weak at sunlight. Why aren't you dead?", boses ng isang lalaki sa akin as he splashes me again with water and vervain.

I shouted in a muffled sound. The pain is too much. I can feel ny skin slowly melting with feeling too hot from the effect of vervain.

I've never cried before but now, I did. Not because I'm sad or I'm feeling any kind of emotions on my body. My tears aren't for me. It's for Marguerette. Where is she?

Surely, if they lay a finger on her I will kill them one by one with painful and unexplainable death. I'll give you that. The moment I'll break this chains, I'll give you a kind of death that no one has ever done before.

Ilang sandali ay nakaramdam ako ng matulis sa bagay na bumaon sa aking braso. A wolf's canines is buried on my arms, sa kanan. At ilang sandali ay may kumagat naman sa aking balikat.

I shouted in a muffled sound again.

Nakaramdam ulit ako ng iilang kagat pa sa aking balikat at binti. They're making fun of me. Am I a kind of snack for you? Just wait 'til I'm on the edge. You'll see.

I feel like I'm desiccated to death as ny blood flowed freely out from my viens, the wounds from their bites didn't heal immediately because the effect of vervain slowed it.

"Werewolf bite is fatal to vampires. Why aren't he dead?", another voice again.

"I don't know, alpha", sabi ng isa.

Alpha? They are a pack of wolves, huh? But I remember, wolves didn't live here. The house of pack of wolves are on Lupine Ridge in Romania. None of them are on Bulgaria.

What kind of creatures are they?

The chatterings went distant. Naramdaman kong lumayo ang kanilang boses sa akin.

I move my wrist as the chain made a sound. I don't know if they have high senses of sound but I hope not. Or if they have, I hope they didn't hear it.