TAME SERIES 1: Taming Keres

VENGEANCE 7

I am not ignorant of not knowing what he is referring to. I know they're getting anxious but our plan is a promise and a promise should be kept.

All of us are already in the meeting room an hour later. A spacious room that all of us could fit in and move around freely. Out of all the people inside the meeting room, one person is still missing.

"Where is she?" Inilibot ko ang mata pero wala talaga si Elentiya. Remind me not to call her that next time. She might really kill me.

"Walang sumasagot nang kinatok ko ang kwarto. Ilang beses pero wala parin. Ayoko namang pilitin. I don't wanna die yet." He's from Elentiya's group. The most skilled when it comes to katana and such. His name is Bont, I think.

"Settle down. Sunduin ko lang." Tumayo ako sa kabisera at pansin ko pa ang makahulugang tingin ni Xyrus bago ako tuluyang makalabas.

I walked upstairs para makapunta na sa kwarto niya. I wonder what she's doing.

KERES POV

"Don't worry about us Elentiya. Save yourself."

"No dad. I won't leave the two of you here. "

"Please just go!"

"No!"

"Oh? Planning to escape? Not a chance."

I pleaded. No one listened.

"Smile Elentiya, panoorin mo kung paano namin patayin ang magulang mo. Ipaparamdam namin ang sakit hanggang ikamatay nila 'to."

I woke up panting.

"Are you okay?" Napalingon ako kay Xanth. "Had a nightmare?"

"Get out."

Imbis na umalis ay tumabi siya sakin.

"Tell me your problem. I'll listen. Maybe I can help." Xanth said that supposed to make me calm down.

I looked at him blankly. "No one can." I've been suffering for years. I've been seeking for help but there was none. None of them was successful.

"I promised your father to help you. To protect you as much as I can." Isinandal niya ang ulo ko sa balikat niya. Kahit mahinahon ang pagkakasabi non ay hindi ko maiwasang magduda sa kaniya.

Unang-una ay hindi ko siya lubos na kilala. Ayokong magtiwala agad but I feel like I need to let this out. The anger inside me. The tears are piling up, so much that it drowns me.

This will be the first and last. Just this time.

"It hunts me every night. So traumatizing as killing myself was once my decision to escape my nightmare. So that I can be with them because I miss them so much." I cried. It took me a good while to get over the emotional damage of what happened that day. 

He hug me tight as I bury my face in his chest. "No one can hurt you. You'll get through this pain. We will kill each one of them." Sound sincere yet I can't help but to think of it as a lie.

That night. I cried in his arms. Not as Keres, but the weak Elentiya.

We walked inside the meeting room. I lowered my head to prevent them from seeing my bloodshot eyes.

"Hey!" Paupo na sana ako sa tabi nila Ryker nang hilahin ako ni Xanth at iginaya sa katabing upuan ng kabisera. Na lalong nakapagpatahimik sa lahat.

I saw Xyrus smirked while looking at Xanth.

"Any news?" Xanth started with a cold voice. This is their leader. The cold, ruthless and much more asshole side of him.

"Natanggap na namin ang mga bagong armas." Isa-isang inilatag ang mga natanggap na bagong kagamitan. "Nagpadala rin si Polendez."

Inilabas niya ang Barrett M82 , Steyr SSG 69, M24 at Blaser R93 Tactical kasama rin ang iilang bilang ng mga granada.

"Nalaman na rin ng royalties ang pagkamatay nila Bentley. Ipinapahanap na ang gumawa nito." Napatingin ako kay Xanth. He looked bored as he played with his fingers at the top of the table.

"Anything else?"

Pinag-usapan namin ang mga susunod na plano. Pinaalalahanan ang lahat na mag ingat dahil kapag nalaman nilang kami ang gumagawa nito ay mababaliwala lahat ng pinaghirapan namin.

The meeting ended just like that. We left first but El Miedo stayed inside that room.

"What the—" I put hand over my chest, startled when Ryker's face suddenly appeared in front of me.

"Chill Keres. Kape pa." He chuckled. Nakapamulsang sumandal siya sa gilid ng pintuan ng kwarto ko.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Parang kabuteng bigla nalang sumusulpot. May pinapaasikaso pa ako sa kaniya ah. "I asked you to work about something, am I right?" I arched my brows with crossed arms. "You should be busy right now, not goofing around like a kid."

"Tss. Basic." He answered and doesn't give me a chance to talk back. His playful side turns into a serious and deadly one. "Be careful Keres. You can't just trust anyone. Specially that Lorcan or else.." He acted with his hands like something exploded. Telling me to not let my guard down or else everything we work for will vanish in just a blink of an eye.

"I know Ryk." He smiled at me. Patted me in the head like nothing happened.

"Okay then. I need to be out for a bit. My babies are waiting for me. Ciao!" Referring to his 'girl toys', term that comes from himself. He'll probably go to the bar again.

"That playboy can't be helped." I shooked my head while I watch him whistled a tune of an r18 song as he strolled down the stairs.