CHAPTER 75

Franchetti Xerene's View

"Selene... Selene..." mahinang iyak ko at natakpan ang mukha ko. Hinagod ni Liore ang likod ko at niyakap. Hinalikan niya ako sa noo at iniharap sa kaniya.

"Don't cry. Please stop crying, Angel. Enough." Mahinahon niyang sabi at sinuklay ang mga buhok na humaharang sa mukha ko.

"L-Liore... Ang anak ko..." He faintly smiled. He kissed my cheeks, kissing my pain and tears away.

"It's okay. We'll be fine. You'll be fine. Don't you think it's for the better? She's safe...with them." Natulala ako sa kaniya.

"W-What are you trying to say?"

Pinagdikit niya ang noo naming dalawa, "Dad's invention was finally completed. Nothingness, he called it. He sent an invitation to them. Invitation for a war. An all-out war." My heart skipped a beat. For the very first time in my entire life, I felt fear. A tremendous fear I once