SAFIARA ACADEMY 2: DESTINY'S CHOICE

CHAPTER 33: All Hope Lost

"I chose all of you to be part of the council because you are strong and you earned your position" 

The woman told them in a warning tone, lahat sila ay tumahimik.

"Do not take me for granted. Do not mistaken me for being soft-hearted. Kaya ko kayong mapatay this very instant. Take me seriously, find the kids and retrieve the book."

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LADY ELAFRIS HALE

"So ano na ngayon? They are after our heads! Kung hindi lang dahil kay Ela ay mapapatay na sana tayo!" Kaylie flew her hands in the air with frustration. tatlong araw na simula nung inatake kami nung lalaki and thank goodness ay hindi kami nahabol

"We don't know what to do anymore. Patay na si Deux! and he was the only one who could save our parents and Vindea" sabi ni Jayden.

"Kahit naman buhay siya di natin nasisigurado na saatin siya kakampi." malungkot na saad ni Ash "For all we know ay kakampi pala siya ng mga taong nasa likod nito"

"I still can't believe that there is someone bigger behind this. Yung taong nakapagpahiwalay sa Vindora at Zaldea" seryosong saad ni Tyler na kakalabas lang sa tent hawak hawak ang kanyang torso na may bagong bihis na bandage, hinagisan siya ni Aiden ng Tshirt saka ito sinuot.

"Paano tayo neto? we are just kids! kaka-18 at 19 lang natin tapos ito na agad ang sasalubong sa atin" dagdag ni Blake "Hindi tayo nakakatulog ng maayos knowing that someone out there is trying to kill us"

"Magiging maayos din ang lahat" tahimik kong sabi. my heart aches for all of us, so young yet so preblematic

"We can't say that anymore" malungkot na sagot ni Aiden. Napatingin ang lahat sa kanya, it was the first time I saw him so..... hopeless

"Bakit? As long as may bukas pa at buhay pa tayo may pag-asa pa! all we have to do is fi-"

"You think fighting is enough?! Our parents are slowly losing time and Vindea is in trouble! How could you say we should fight?!" nagulat ako nung sinigawan ako ni Aiden. It felt like I was stabbed right in the heart. He was so gentle to me tapos ngayon lang niya ako sinigawan.

"You wouldn't understand the pain of being next in line! I was raised to someday become king and was taught to love the people and the world that will soon be mine! I knew that in the future I have to carry this burden! I am going to be the King of this world but how can I be a King if I can't even fight?!"

"I-I just wanted to make you feel better" I told him silently, sumasakit yung dibdib ko and I was trying so hard to blink my tears away

"It's all that damn book's fault! Why did it have to choose you in the first place?!"

"Aiden! sumosobra ka na!" sigaw ni Kaylie kay Aiden. I couldn't stop my tears from falling, I was trying hard not to sob. tiningnan ko silang lahat but they avoided my gaze.

I looked down kasi nahihiya ako. Maybe it really was because of me that everything is happening. Kung sana pumasok nalang ako sa All Girl's University na yon ay hindi na mangyayari 'to.

I was so selfish to think of my own happiness. I was so stupid to think that I could find a place where I could fit in.

I was clenching my my chest because it hurts so much. I didn't know that wanting to become happy would cause so much pain.

3RD PERSON'S POV

Elafris was so heartbroken she couldn't look up. Napuno ng pagsisisi si Aiden sa lahat ng sinabi niya. Looking at her shoulders shaking made his heart drop, his throat burned when he realized that he shouted at the girl he likes.

She never wanted this to happen in the first place but why was I blaming her

Siguro ay napuno lang si Aiden sa lahat ng nangyayari, all that built up frustration and fear finally took over him. He was carrying the burden of Vindea dahil siya ang prinsipe, He was the one in-charge since wala ang mga magulang niya but here he is, trying so hard to run away from death. All that pressure must have took a toll on him.

Everyone was silent. hearts breaking silently, They were hopeless. Ngayon pa na wala na silang clue kung ano ang gagawin

"Elafris its okay" Kaylie trying so hard to to make Ela feel better but she too had lost hope. Ela smiled, a bitter one.

"I'm sorry" She sobbed as tears continued flowing. Her voice was cracking and it was too hard for her to speak "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry"

"Yan lang yung masasabi ko kasi, kasi hindi ko narin alam ang gagawin ko" she continued, clutching her chest because it was too painful for her "I'm sorry for having the book, I'm sorry that I entered your life"

Unti-unti niyang inangat yung mukha niya only to look at the faces that are looking back at her with pain. Gustong-gusto nilang sabihin na okay lang but it wasn't okay, gusto nilang sabihin na hindi niya kasalanan ang nangyayari but they couldn't open their lips.

"No Ela it wasn't your fa-" Kaylie comforted her pero tinigilan siya ni Ela

"No Kaylie, please stop defending me, please stop trying to tell me that it's not because of me kasi nakakadagdag lang ng guilt. Every time someone gets hurt doble ang sakit saakin because I can't stop thinking that it's because of me. This pain was with me the moment one of you got hurt because of the book that chose me."

"Sometimes I want to run away but I was with you all, akala ko pag kasama ko kayo magiging okay lang ang lahat at malalampasan natin to but fck.-

Dreams are so fcking better than reality"

Kinuha ni Ela ang bag niya na naglalaman ng libro at walked away. Kaylie tried to call her pero hinawakan siya ni Logan

"Give her time sis, she was carrying the guilt all by herself. She needs to let it out" Sabi ni Logan sa kanya, Kaylie only sighed looking at her best friend's back slowly disappearing into the woods until she can't see her anymore.

Aiden was silent, di siya makapaniwala na yon pala ang nararamdaman ni Ela. All the smiles that she showed was not true. He clenched his hands because of frustration and when he was just about to chase her they heard a scream.

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