MASKED (Rewritten)

*Capitolo Trentotto

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KACHINO

Mabilis na nagsalubong ang kilay ko sa sinabi nito.

"What?" kunot noong nausal na lang niya.

She tried to gauge what he really meant by that, but it's useless hanggang sa muling magsalita si Cray.

"I'm talking about this pull between us. I know you are not naive not to noticed it." Walang emosyong sabi nito.

Mabilis na natigilan ako sa sinabi nito. I can also feel the atmosphere around us changed. A different tension started to build up between them, making her unease and uncomfortable.

Mabilis na tumawa ko, a very forced one, para lang kahit konti mabawasan ito, "That's just our desire to kill each other with our own bare hands. That's it." Pilit kong sabi, but who am I fooling. I know what he meant, he's talking something we both know is impossible and at the same time dangerous for both of us.

I looked at him, he's still in his cold demeanor, but I saw how his eyes glint with undescribable desire with what I've said.

"Well, that's true, but..." malamig na saad nito tapos nagsimulang lumapit ito hanggang sa nakakasuffocate na ang distansya nya sa'kin. Pagkaraa'y nilapit nito ang mukha nito sa mukha ko, "We also have this intense desire to devour each other." He whispered in a way na halos magpatindig ng lahat ng balahibo ko sa katawan.

The thing inside my chest started to drum in a psycho beat way. And then I took an involuntarily step back, when I saw him suddenly turn to the real him, the terrifying monster that he is, but it was just a couple of seconds before it was forcefully pushed back again into its cage. Pagkatapos tumalikod na ito at nagsimulang umalis sa naturang lugar.

Unconciously, I let out a shaky breathe. I didn't even notice that I've been holding my breath til up now. Mariin kong pinikit ang mga mata ko tapos minulat ulit tapos napatingin sa nakaalis ng si Cray. He already show me the real him months ago, but the last time is nothing compared to this one. The way he looked at me earlier... I can still even feel it up to now, like something crawling underneath my skin. It was so intense and savage at the same time, that it almost let the demon inside me break free, no matter how many sealing and binding curse we have put to chained her down. How the hell he can do that...

After the incident, for the rest of the day, nagkulong lang ako sa kwarto ko. Studying every little details of what happenned. Escaping this place was pushed back at the back of my mind for the mean time and just solely focusing on what Cray has said earlier.

Bumangon ako mula sa kama at tumungo sa may balkonahe ng kwartong ito. Pagdating ko doon agad akong sinalubong ng medyo may kalakasan at malamig na simoy ng hangin. Wala sa sarili akong napangisi habang nililibot ko ang tingin ko sa kapligirang nasa harapan ko. All I can see is a wide vast of ocean, ni walang kalupaan akong matanaw bukod dito sa maliit na isla kung saan nakatayo itong mansion. The only way to escape this place is at napatingala ko sa ngayo'y makulimlim ng langit.

"Let's see where this storm will take me..." tahimik na usal ko.

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LIYAH

Pagkatapos na pagkatapos ng misyon namin ni Morgan ay dalidali kaming bumalik ng Hades Gate ngunit hindi na namin naabutan duon si Kachino. Bagkus we found out that while we're gone, she made another reckless actions.

But this time its insane because we learned that it's now involved a Cleaner. And after pulling such stunt, she's gone missing again. Because of this we need to find her ASAP. Hindi dahil sa kinakabahan kami sa kaligtasan niya or sa maaaring nangyari na sa kanya kundi sa binabalak nito. We might not able to uncover what her plan really is , but we definitely knew how her crazy and terrifying mind works. And trust me it is worst than worst.