She Who Got Rejected ✔️

Chapter 18.2

Part 18.2

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"You humiliated me, rejected me in front of your pack, and as I ran away, your werewolves hunt me to make sure I would not stay in your territory! If the pain from the broken bond didn't kill me, your werewolves would make sure I'm dead!" I grabbed his shirt harshly, my fist coiling around the cloth, "Saang anggulo sa mga 'yon mo ako iniligtas, Alpha Oleander?"

Kaizon's eyes were watery when he replied, "Some of what happened are out of my control. I never commanded then to hunt you like that. Pero ginawa pa rin nila. We may not look like it but we, Oleanders, the real Oleanders, we value loyalty to our pack more than our lives. When I could no longer be loyal to my own duties, my werewolves took that task in my place."

Napailing ako at sa nanginginig na boses, I told him, "Are you telling me that I am a threat to all of you?" Umusbong ang galit sa loob ko. "How's that even possible?" Inalog-alog ko ang katawan niya sa galit. "Paano 'yon mangyayari samantalang nakakulong lang naman ako sa torre mo?"

He opened his mouth and he looked very pained when no words come out. Sinubukan niya ulit na sumagot at ikinagulat ko nang napaluhod si Kaizon looking as if he's being tortured.

"Kaizon?" tanong ko, hindi alam ang gagawin. He's hurting so much but the attack, it's not coming from the outside.

How do you fight an invisible enemy?

Sinusubukan pa rin niyang magsalita habang napaluhod na sa sobrang sakit sa harapan ko mismo. Yumuko ako at hinawakan siya sa balikat. Kaizon hands crawled and snaked around my thighs, hugging himself to me, still kneeling. Doon ko mas nadama ang panginginig niya dulot ng sakit na hindi ko matukoy kung ano ang pinanggagalingan.

Wait, is he in pain because he's trying to answer?

"Kaizon, stop!"

Umiling siya, "I...I want you...to know." He can speak these words. "I am trying to answer, Red, I am trying." Kaizon is now crying. "I will always try, for you, my love."

What is this? What is happening to him?

Namumutla na siya sa sakit. If this is a physical attack, there would be blood all over him. Despite of what he did to me, ayaw ko siyang makitang ganito.

"Then for me, for me...stop trying!"

Tumigil siya, tila nawawalan na ng lakas. The only thing that's preventing him from sprawling on the floor is his grip around my thighs. "I'm so sorry, Red, my love, I'm so sorry." Napahilamos ako ng mukha. This has become too complicated. "I failed you again. I'm so sorry." Mas lalo lang pinagulo ng sitwasyong 'to ang buhay ko. Mas lalo lang nadagdagan ng tanong.

And there kneeling in front of me, his arms wrapped around my thighs, his only support in his crumbling world, is one of the strongest and coldest Alpha of all werewolves, Kaizon Oleander.

Paulit-ulit na humihingi ng tawad.