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Biglang napabangon si Matthew pagkatapos niyang maalala sa pamamagitan ng panaginip niya ang nangyari sa kanya kanina.
"Your highness."
"Matthew."
Sabay na sambit nina Yuhan at ni Consort Jing nang bumangon siya. Nakahinga sila agad ng maluwag.
"Thank God! You are awake now. Tell me, how do you feel?" Tunog sobrang pag-aalala na tanong ni Consort Jing sa anak niya.
"I' m okay."
Umupo si Matthew at ibinaba ang mga paa sa sahig habang napahawak sa batok niya. Tiningnan niya ang mga kamay niya.
"What happened then after I passed out?" Tanong niya kay Yuhan.
"Your highness, i sent some of our men to investigate. But they found out that the bodies were not really from there."
"What do you mean?" Kunot-noong tanong niya kay Yuhan.
"They said that those bodies were being transfered there."
"That's what i told you. You need to be careful. Why did you have to marry her?" Galit na sabi ni Consort Jing.
"Mother please. Calm yourself. I know what i am doing."
"Matthew, how can i calm my self when this happens to you? I know they will have more plans to harm you until he will bring you down and kill you."
"Mother!" Malakas na sigaw ni Matthew na kinabigla ng Nanay niya.
"Please..." He begged her in a slow voice.
Huminga naman ng malalim ang mama niya.
"Okay.. i'm sorry. As your mother, i was just worried. I don't know why do you trust your wife so much after what she have done to you. She tried to kill you. And now she may have also planned this with the Crown Prince–"
"She saved my life!" Putol niya sa mama niya.
Nanlalaki ang mga mata ni Consort Jing at hindi makapaniwalang nakatitig sa anak niya.
"W-what?"
"She saved my life, mother." Inulit ni Matthew ang sinabi niya sa kalmadong boses.
Binaba niya ang damit niya hanggang sa baywang niya at pinakita ang dibdib niya.
"The... the ten torns of death? W-what do you mean about this? H-how–"
"She may have tried to kill me by using the ten torns of death but she also ended up saving my life. She risked her life to saved me."
"Impossible... H-how could she... How could she use the ten torns of death when no one has ever mastered that spell?" Mahinang bulong ni Consort Jing na hindi narinig ni Matthew.
"She... She have the sacred nectar. That's why i can't leave her, mother. And also she was also deceived by Andrew and tried to kill her many times that made her lost her memory." Kalahating katotohanan na paliwanag ni Matthew sa nanay niya.
Even if she is his mother. She can't just tell her everything. She doesn't want her to worry and even mind his business.
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"Your highness! Your highness!" Sigaw ni Ayeng sa labas.
Gusto niyang pumasok pero hinaharanagan siya.
"Please let me come in. I need to talk to his highness!"
"Master Yuhan ordered us not to let anyone to come inside because his highness needs a rest." Sagot ng guard. Kasama nito ang tatlo pa na humaharang din sa kanya.
BINABASA MO ANG
Unopened Rose (DRAFT! DRAFT!)
FantasyShe traveled back to the time where her birthmarks were her scars. Nectars and Hagonoy plants were sacred. Roses and its petals are powerful. And pollen is her life.
