Elizabeth My eyes glowed and a white aura engulfed my body when I practiced telekinesis on the rocks that I hit against the barks of the trees around the forest. After that, I bestowed the fire element from my palms to burn the flying barks that I hit, burning them into ashes. When they were slowly flying in the air, I prepared my footwork until I sprinted towards a tree and ran my foot there, making a tumbling stance, and landed on the ground. It is still not enough. I have to have an opponent. I summoned the book of spells and looked for a spell where I can make a minion to fight me. After I saw the incantation, I activated the powers inside me and spoke the spell. The moon was bright as I spent another night training and practicing me. Tomorrow, the day, Queen Jonah will train with me. She is still busy attending agendas with her king's son because there is another ball coming. It turned out that it will be his wife’s birthday party. “When he saw that you were gone in the grand
Elizabeth I inhaled sharply, but I made sure that it will not be heard. “Can I at least hear your voice again? And tell me that even if you left me, you love me?” Tears stung my eyes because his words are piercing through my heart. It will take a little plea before I give up and run to his arms again, giving into him. But it will not be right. I come to him again, all the hard work and the plans the queen and I made will be all useless. If Diego knows that the witches will rise again, he will have no choice but to kill me. Witches and werewolves are enemies, the queen said before. One kind must die for one to live. That is why it will be a challenge to obliterate my love for him because he had already marked me. “I guess that is a no,” he said in a small voice. “But I want you to know, my love, that I can’t live without you. That I am only waiting in our hut for you to come home…” Silence prevailed while I let my tears fall from my eyes and stopped myself from sniffing. After a
Elizabeth There were no tears in her eyes while speaking, but the pain was sounding in volume in her voice. It might be so hard sharing that with me with her eyes strongly staring at mine, so I would know about what happened in the past. “I became angry, but I could not do anything as I caught the head of my love, bleeding in his nose,” she said and bitterly smiled at me. “And when my mother tried to get me so that she can remove you from my womb together with the witches that restrained me from escaping the habitat and almost tied me up, I used the dangerous intensity of my power that almost bald the habitat. I was guilty about what I did, but it was the only thing I thought to protect you…” “The witches… tried to kill you?” She nodded. “They believed that you are a curse to our kind because you have the blood of a werewolf.” “That does not make any sense.” “Both kinds have a long history of being a nemesis to each other.” “Then when you tried to unite them, it was only a failu
Elizabeth I looked at the book of spells again, watching the witch with the four emblems of the elements. Well, the queen has a point. I still could not activate the water and wind elements. So how do I do it? “You’re the only one who can know the answer.” I jumped out of surprise when someone spoke behind me and my heart leaped because of that. My eyes squinted and my grin escaped from my lips when I saw the red woman in front of me. She also smiled a little, as if my astonishment that she is here is contagious. “Red woman!” I exclaimed in exuberance. “I can’t believe you are here!” The last time we met is when we had a slight argument due to the attack on the flyers. Now that I can see her now is that guilt crawled into my mind, so I sighed and lowered the book of spells, shifting my weight to face her completely. “I just want to apologize for the things I have said and the blunt attitude I displayed the last time," I said in conscience, guilty for bringing it up but I have to
Elizabeth Now that I am lying on the bed and staring silently at the ceiling while the darkness inside my room is prevailing, too many thoughts in my mind are entertaining me due to the knowledge and truths I have learned. Too many things happened, and I have no choice but to grasp them all. I am going to be a witch queen someday. Queen Jonah did not mention that she will take the powers she gave to me when I was still an infant. She just… simply trained me to be the next witch queen. Whenever I open up that we will change the world together, she would only say that I can do it alone. The longer I talk to her, the more I can recognize that she is fond of utilizing meaningful statements that needed to be discerned properly, or I will never get her. I wonder why she can’t after I retrieve our kind. She did not tell me that. I then realized that I still don’t know anything about her. She does not share unless it is about my duties in the future as a witch queen. I sat up on the bed an
Elizabeth“N-No! Don’t leave me like this, Your Majesty!” I exclaimed while my tears were falling down from my eyes. My hand tremblingly held her cheek. “I can’t do this without you…”Queen Jonah did not blink, her emerald eyes flickering as if any minute, the magic in her will vanish the moment she dies. She just stared at me while coughing off blood.“I… I will heal you!” I said and placed my palm on her stomach. “Just don’t leave me, please!”But when I was about to sing, her warm hand went to my knuckles as if stopping me. I gnashed my teeth in frustration and looked at her.“T-There is no use,” she whispered breathily and inhaled sharply as if she could not breathe anymore. “Make the portal so you c-can go to the underworld.”“I-I don’t know how to do that! That is why you have to live!”She shook her head. “You can. The incantation is in my chambers. F-Find it,” she whispered again and coughed with blood again. This time she was having a hard time breathing. “Until we meet again,
Elizabeth My knees have gone week as I watched my mother, Zandra, revealing herself behind the hood of the red woman. I could feel the lump forming in my throat, and in between of my sadness and anger, longing possessed over me. And I realized that I missed her… very much… and I could not even believe that she was there all the time without me knowing. “Elizabeth,” she mumbled sternly. “I want you to control your emotions.” I repeatedly shook my head and chuckled nervously. “No, you’re not true,” I said. “You are already dead, mother.” “I am,” she said. “I am only a spirit guide that your true mother assigned me for you.” “But how –“ “Darling, I want to answer your questions right now so that you will be enlightened, but this is not the right time. We don’t have much time left. You have to open the portal so you can go to the underworld,” she said in a slow voice. I was still not recovering from her identity, but she was right. Being surprised and seeing the unexpected things ha
Diego “The Kingdom Monjour is transpiring a chaos, sire,” Roy whispered behind me as we watched the burning bonfire where the corpse of the former alpha is placed. “And it is said that Elizabeth killed the queen…” I almost shook my head in dismay, but instead, I closed my eyes so that I could feel Elizabeth. I wanted to hear her thoughts; to know where she is right now; and to foresee what could she be planning next. But again, I just failed in doing that. It was as if Elizabeth had cut her chords off me. I tried to reach out to her, but she had already closed her senses. Days and weeks passed since she was gone, and the only thing I would want to do is to find her. I would never ask the reasons why she left me. I would never question if her love for me has gone. I would even never remember that she ran away, and her reason is because of me. “Aside for the queen, did someone else die?” I asked in a monotone voice, my eyes are still on the bonfire. “From what I have heard a while
"Wow, congratulations, Jill! Highest ka sa reporting, ah?" komento ng isang kaklase ko nang magsabay kami sa paglalakad sa kalsada. "Ang galing mo rin kasing mag-English. Nakakadugo sa ilong, alam mo iyon?"Tinawanan ko lang siya. "Hindi ko talaga alam kung bakit sa English ko pa kung pwede naman sa delivery of speech, ate," aniko. "Pero thank you po!"Hoooo, nakakapagod kahit isang klase lang ngayong hapon. Marami kasing tanong ang instructor namin sa MSTE-1 tungkol sa topic ng reporting ko, at dahil ayokong mapahiya ay sinagutan ko lahat ng iyon kagaya ng pinag-aralan ko kagabi. I have always been competitive when it comes to academics without creating competitions against anyone. Gusto ko lang na mataas ang grades ko at malayo sa posibilidad na bumagsak ako. Nasa college na ako, kaya kailangan kong pagbutihan, lalo na at kasali ako sa scholarship program ng Cornelia Foundation College. Kumaway ako sa kaklase ko sa second year na pumunta sa waiting shed kung saan ang bus stop. Ako
Maybe it was the fact that I was bothered what happened last night that I was spacing out when I went to the office the next day of work. “Secretary Castro? Are you okay?” an employee asked me when she approached me. “The paperworks you are holding are being blown away from your table.”“Huh?” I said and turned my head to the direction of my cubicle. My eyes widened when I saw that my papers are being blown away from my table that is caused by the huge air conditioner’s fan. It made me curse and ran towards it. “Shit!”The employee also lurched forward to help me get them. She kept raining me with questions if I am okay, or why I have not noticed my paperwork. I just kept nodding because I just want everything to be organized, and yet I a messing it all up. “What about your coffee, ma’am?” the female employee asked me again innocently.“Fuck…” I murmured and dropped all of the paperwork on my table. “Why is my day doing this to me?”Without wasting time, I approached the coffee mach
NARRATION“What do you mean the vampires are alive?!” Queen Jeany exclaimed and stood up from her throne chair. “That is impossible! They are long dead!”Her loud exclamation echoed inside the throne room where all the royalties of Kingdom Monjour are holding a royal conference to discuss some serious matters. The queen is interrogating a village’s hunter, when it informed the guards that he saw creatures that are lurking inside the Dark Forest. Her Majesty was hyperventilating with her navy blue gown, shining silver crown, and expensive jewelries that she had bought from different kingdoms, except her necklace that is owned by her mother queen.The scared hunter that is hugging his bow jumped because of the furious queen. “I-It is true, Your Majesty,” he stammered and gulped intensely. “When I was targeting a reinder from the lake, I was stopped when I saw a pale man in his black clothes. He was showing his sharp fangs and red eyes under a narrow tree. I could still remember
Maybe it was the fact that I was bothered what happened last night that I was spacing out when I went to the office the next day of work. “Secretary Castro? Are you okay?” an employee asked me when she approached me. “The paperworks you are holding are being blown away from your table.”“Huh?” I said and turned my head to the direction of my cubicle. My eyes widened when I saw that my papers are being blown away from my table that is caused by the huge air conditioner’s fan. It made me curse and ran towards it. “Shit!”The employee also lurched forward to help me get them. She kept raining me with questions if I am okay, or why I have not noticed my paperwork. I just kept nodding because I just want everything to be organized, and yet I a messing it all up. “What about your coffee, ma’am?” the female employee asked me again innocently.“Fuck…” I murmured and dropped all of the paperwork on my table. “Why is my day doing this to me?”Without wasting time, I approached the coffee mach
Just like I've said, Viramos is a small town. There was clearly no doubt that what transpired last night outside our boarding house scattered around our batch. "Talagang sinugod si Melanie kagabi?""Naglasing ba naman sa boarding House no'ng Oscar."Nag-igting ang panga ko nang marining ang dalawang classmates ko na nag-uusap sa aking likod. I pretended to be listening to the discussion of our instructor, but the topic behind me is ringing in my ears, distorting my focus on the class. "Absent pa nga siya ngayon, oh? Siguro nahiya.""As in nakita mo talaga kagabi?""Oo naman! Magkatabi lang kaya kami ng boarding house nila Melanie. Nagce-cellphone kasi ako no'n sa terasa, tapos nakarinig ako ng ingay. Sina Melanie na pala-""Excuse me. Pwede bang pakihina ng mga boses niyo? Medyo hindi ko kasi marinig si miss dahil sa inyo."I immediately gazed at Irise who seemingly is now irritated. Hindi na ako nag-aksaya pang tingnan ang dalawang kaklaseng sinaway niya at hinintay na lang ang pin
"Lagi ka talagang aabusuhin dahil sobrang bait mo," sabi ni mama sa akin habang kumakain kami ng hapunan. "Hindi pwedeng ikaw nalang lahat, Jill. Magtira ka naman para sa sarili mo." Nadiin ko ang pagtusok ng kutsara sa karne ng isda dahil sa irita ko. Nakatalikod si mama sa akin dahil nasa upuan ako, habang siya at ang dalawang kapatid ko naman ay nasa lamesa. "Oo, mama. Oo," sagot ko nang matigil siya. Mukhang nahalata niyang ayaw kong pinapangaralan ako ngayon dahil sa pagod kaya natahimik din siya. Hindi sa padabog ako kumain ulit, pero nagpatuloy ako nang nakasimangot. Ramdam ko pa ang tingin ng kapatid kong babae sa akin, pero hindi ko na siya tiningnan pa. Umalis ako sa boarding house dahil gusto kong matahimik ang buhay ko. Tapos paparangalan pa ako rito? Ano, dahil lang sa tumigil ako sa pagtatrabaho at wala na akong naibibigay na pera, gaganituhin na nila ako? Huminga ako nang malalim matapos kong isubo ang panghuling kanin at tumayo rin para ilagay ang nagamit na kubye
I could see through his eyes that he was being affected, especially when he slightly flinched the moment I slid my hand down to his necktie. Without further ado, I grabbed the paper he signed and stood up straightly. He was still motionless while I was flipping my hair, his gaze being serious at the moment and the playfulness has been eradicated after I played with him.“I am sorry to disturb your consciousness, Mr. Montenegro, and take that as a lesson to never mess with me,” I said firmly and turned my back on him, not regretting every word I said.Does he think that I forgot that he insulted me in their first and second dinner in their mansion? If he just knows me, he would know that I don’t easily forgive and I also do not know how to forget. Duh!I rolled my eyes while walking throughout the busy hallways that contained employees who greeted me. I rode an elevator to go to my boss’ office where I know that is having his work time in his office.“Good afternoon, sir,” I greeted wh
Obsession and love are two different things. And Elizabeth would not want to experience chasing a person who can’t even fight for her. But it is even worse for her to destroy herself by loving a person too much. Too much that she would do anything to own him but would hurt other people. Elizabeth hastily opened the door of the office where her cubicle is located. It is opposite the main office of the independent director and just one looking up at the face, she would confront the door of it. But as soon as she sat on her swivel chair, she did not bother looking at her boss’ door. Instead, she placed her both hands on the side of her head, shut her eyes tightly, and hyperventilated because of what happened. Cross would surely be angry about what she did. He might be even believing Hannah instead of his girlfriend, so it is consolidated with a conclusion that he would never go after her. Not to mention the confused expression of the chairman towards her. What about the t
ELIZABETHI could see how Diego flinched through the darkness. Even his black eyes were glowing, and it is still unexplainable how I could still see that. Before he could even step forward when he subtly reacted because of the slap Prince Ronald gave me, I glared at him and shook my head.I already said that he should trust me! Was the idea of him going here bad? He should have not been here!I groaned in pain when Prince Ronald caught my chin again and forcefully made me look at him. He was smirking devilishly and it disgusted me to think that I respected him a lot before when he is this fucked up.“I swear. I will make your life miserable forever,” he said. “I am looking forward for you to do that,” I whispered back.Because I might be doing that to you.He retreated while watching me being seized by the royal guards. The guards started to pull my arms for me to walk. I chose to obey because I do not want to meet with the bruises and cuts on my face again. Nevertheless, I have to b