𝚁𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚃𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜: 𝙻𝙾𝚂𝚃 𝙰𝙵𝙵𝙴𝙲𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽

𝙸𝙸 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝚇𝚇𝚇𝚅𝙸

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“What do you mean we’ve been compromised!?”

Panic surge throughout my senses as I try to digest what my cousin’s just blurted out. We’ve been found that fast? How the fuck did they even trace us in just nick of time we could comprehend? What kind of forces do they even have?! a CIA? FBI? Because that’s fucking unbelievable!

Mabilis ring lumitaw sina Hugo at Kriev sa pintuan na puno ng pag alala at alerto dahil sa pagsigaw ko. Even my wife gasped at the realization that any moment now, well be damned.

“I scan the whole area and approximately, thirty minutes or less, they’ll completely surround us. Di na tayo makakaalis kung sakali…” my cousin thralled lowly.

“That fast!?” gulat kong tanong rito.

“Yes boss. They’re approaching the premises really fast. They really mean business.” si Hugo na aeryosong seryoso ang expression sa mukha, halatang nagtataka rin kung bakit kami natunton ng mga tauhan ni Nero nang ganun kabilis. Eh kani-kanina lang ay niransak nila ang penthouse ko tapos ilang minuto na lang ang mapapalibutan na nila kame.

Amethyst started to bit her nails from nervousness and guilt while pacing back and fort in front of us. Kunot noo kong hinila ang kanyang braso upang patigilin ito kakalakad. Nahihilo na akong kakasunod ng tingin sa kanya eh. Gulat naman itong napahugot ng hiningang napatitig sa akin at bakas talaga sa mukha nito ang konsensya.

“What did you do?” mababa lamang ang boses ko ngunit napupuno ito ng utos at pagbabanta. Humigpit pa ang hawak ko sa braso ntong hawak ko dahil parang napipi na ito sa takot.

“I-I’m s-sorry. I got sloppy, last night I posted some of our pictures on my Instagram account! I’m so sorry Rhye!” Naiiyak na nitong sabi. Napatampal na lamang ako sa aking noo. Hindi ko na rin makuhang magalit rito dahil nangyari na. Nabuking na kung nasaan kami ngayon.

Malayo pa naman itong private beach house mula sa siyudad na pagmamayari ng kaibigan ni Amethyst at sobrang liblib rin ng lugar. Matatagalan pa talagang makaabot dito ang pinadala ni papa na susundo sa amin.

All we need right now is a plan to stall the enemy and keep ourselves safe before our reinforcement arrived. We need to buy time for us to escape o kahit ang mag-ina ko na lang. Their safety is my top priority right now. I need to get them out of here safe and sound.

“Didn’t I told you guys to do not leave your traces virtually or update nor post anything on your socials!? Our lives are at stake here for pete’s sake!” Sorana said in frustration and quickly scooped our daughter who just woken up by the noise around her. Mabuti ay inaantok pa talaga ito kaya nakatulog na pabalik habang akay-akay siya ni Sorana sa kanyang bisig.

My babies… Hindi ko kakayanin kung masugatan ang isa sa kanila.

“I’m sorry! I was just really caught up in the moment when I posted those pictures. I didn’t really mean it!” Amethyst really sounded so remorse of her actions. Sumama agad ang tingin ni Sorana sa pinsan ko at kitang kita talaga sa mga mata nito ang nagbabaga niyang galit at takot na rin.

“I can’t believe you put us in danger Preston! Especially my daughter!”

“I told you I didn’t really mean it!”

“That’s enough.” Pumagitna na ako sa sigawan nila. “Wala tayong mapapala kung mag sisisihan lang tayo rito. We need to prepare for what’s coming and mostly, we will buy time while we wait for my father’s men to fetch us!”

Agad na nagsipulasan sina Hugo at Kriev upang maghanda na sa paparating na peligro sa amin. Si Amethyst naman ay minomonitor ang galaw ng mga tauhan ni Nero sa hawak nitong ipad habang simiksik sa sulok nitong kwarto. Ginawa atang taguan eh kitang kita naman siya agad pag bumukas ang pintuan nitong silid na kinaroroonan namin.