I felt my heart jumped, literally. Blade's here again. He's really here!
But it felt different. The fear that I felt from that vision is still there. It stil lingers.
"You fainted," Blade said. "Nia?"
Marahan ko siyang itinulak pero di parin siya umalis sa tabi ko. Nakaluhod parin siya doon habang nakaalalay sakin papaupo.
Why is he here anyway? Should he be with his brother now? Alam ba niyang delikado si Bullet kay Van?
At akala ko ba hindi pwede...
"Nia...I was so damn worried." Blade said. Hinaplos pa niya ang pisngi ko. "Wala ka nang malay pagdating ko."
I looked at him intently. Hindi ko alam kung dapat pa ba akong maging masaya na nandito na uli siya sa harap ko at nag-aalala siya.
Pero may mali. May mali talaga.
Agad akong umatras mula sa kanya. Mabilis kong makuha ang espada nasa ilalim ng kama. Mabilis din akong tumayo. I unsheated it and aimed at his neck. Kitang-kita ko ang pagkagulat niya.
"What are you doing?" I can sense anger from him. Dahan-dahan siyang tumayo pero di ko parin inaalis ang talim noon sa leeg niya.
"Should I ask you that?" Idiniit ko pa nang kaunti ang talim. He winced when his blood drip through the blade.
Mukhang tama nga ang hinala ko.
Blade's eyes were dark. Katulad kagabi. Dilated ang pupils niya. Halos di ko na makita ang totoong kulay noon.
Halos katulad din sa nakakatakot hunter na yon sa vision ko.
But it has something...I can't explain. Sa kabila ng lahat nang nalaman ko, tinatawag ako ng dugo niya.
The smell was different. Nanuyo ang lalamunan ko dahil doon. I suddenly have this urge to bite and feed on him.
Umiling ako. I should focus. I'll deal with that later.
"Stop it," Blade said. Nakakunot ang noo niya sa akin. Wala siyang pinapakitang takot. Mas nakikita ko ang pag-aalala niya. "Masasaktan mo ang sarili mo. That's silv--"
"I know. I've read enough books on how to use this thing. Don't you under estimate me, I'm still a vampire," I said. "At hindi lang ako ang may tinatago kina Van."
"Nia put that down."
"Shouldn't you be with your brother instead? Pinahamak mo si Bullet." I hissed.
He gritted his teeth. "Nia. I said put that down. Don't do this again."
"No!"
"Nia--"
"You the one who's using the that drug pero siya ang napagbintangan dahil sayo."
Agad siyang umatras ng isang hakbang. I tried to swing the sword para maabot uli siya pero mas mabilis ang kilos niya. He took something from his back and blocked my attack.
Metals clang. He took my free hand and spun me around. All of a sudden, his arms are around me, nakasandal na ako sa dibdib niya. Another blade was pointed on my neck. It was from a dagger.
Napakunot ang noo ko. It has that symbol again. At parang nakakita na ako ng ganoong dagger din.
Bakit ba? Anong bang kinalaman niya talaga sa Coven namin?
"Give me the sword. I don't want to hurt you." Bulong niya.
Napalunok ako. Wala talaga akong laban. Naturingan akong prinsesa ng mga bampira. He can easily kill me if he wanted to.
