𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦! 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘒𝘢𝘻𝘷𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘧𝘢'𝘴 𝘗𝘖𝘝𝘴. 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗

𝐊𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐀 𝟒𝟐 | 𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐅 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐏'𝐒 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆

𝐈𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀

"Does that skull of yours have something inside? I bet not." Damian greeted his teeth.

Napasinghap siya nang muli niyang maramdaman ang kirot sa kaniyang mga tuhod habang nakaluhod. They weren't kneeling on flat ground because they were kneeling on grains of rice, muddy land under the scorching sun.

The woman's knees were already red and near to bleeding yet he didn't even hear her flinch. Walang makikita na bahid ng pananakit o pagrereklamo sa kaniyang mukha. Instead of ranting, she just stares afar into Father Cedrick's courtroom.

After she announced her offer to the courtroom, Father Cedrick thought an evil spirit had entered her body and punished her by making her kneel on grains in broad daylight. And because Father Cedrick's mind runs oddly, he also believes that Damian is the woman's right hand, so he punishes him as well.

Ngayo'y dalawa na silang nakaluhod sa labas habang pinagtitinginan ng lahat. Damian knows that this will be a great scandal, knowing that he's Vrenniomar's leader but he can't do anything when it's Father Cedrick who ordered something.

"Sleep with me." The woman's sentence is daring but she stares straight into his eyes with no traces of emotions in her eyes.

Hindi makapaniwalang napailing na lamang si Damian habang nakangisi. Hindi niya maalis ang tingin sa dalagita dahil pakiramdam niya'y tila nababaliw na ito.

How could she say those words without showing any emotions? It looks like she's done for and gone insane.

''Sleep with you? What could I get in return?'' Damian raises an eyebrow, smirking.

''We will have sex, a hardcore one.'' Tiara didn't glance at him for a second when she said those words. Napaawang na lamang ang labi ni Damian dahil hindi siya makapaniwala sa inaasta ng dalagita. Looks like she's toying him.

''That's it? That's all you can offer? Do you think I would fall for such tricks? Are you forgetting something? I am Father Cohen's only sibling,'' he laughs mockingly with a smug grin on his face.

Imbes na mainsulto ang dalagita ay binalik pa nito ang kaniyang tawa. She mirrored his sarcastic chuckle perfectly and was more irritating.

"It's amazing that you have the guts to say that you're Father Cohen's brother yet your men are sexual harassers." Tiara's voice is full of bitterness yet she speaks the truth. Nakataas lamang ang noo nito. This time she stares at him but looks like he can't look directly into her eyes.

"Why does it feels like it's my fault? Hindi ko hawak ang isip nila." Napailing na lamang si Damian ngunit lalong nakangisi ang dalagita. He stares down to her thigh and saw her knee already bleeding yet it looks like she doesn't care about it.

"Birds with the saw feather flock together." Tiara's sentence rolled over her tongue and it echoed on his ears.

Napalunok na lamang siya nang ma-alala kung paano hatulan ni Arthur ang kaniyang mga kasama. Damian thought that it was odd for Arthur to give such brutal punishment. Nagulat siya dahil tila iba ang asta nito nang hinarap sila't kahit ang tono'y kakaiba.

However, Damian was wrong because that man wasn't Arthur but Anthonus.

"It's odd that you were telling me to sleep with you after what my men did." Damian changes the topic. He tried so hard to sound sarcastic but Tiara just chuckled. Natigilan siya dahil tila iba ang pagtawa nito't iniinsulto siya.

"What's wrong? Akala ko ba hindi mo hawak ang isip nila?" She fired back.

"I thought you're His Highness' woman?" Tila may bahid ng insulto nitong tugon. Tiara just grinned at her as she fixes her posture. Saglit niyang inayos ang ilang hibla ng buhok sa kaniyang mukha.

"And so?" She paused. "I already announced that I'm just here to save you and Father Cedrick. It has nothing to do with me being Antho— Arthur's woman." Saglit itong umubo. Nalukot ang mukha ni Damian dahil tila hindi ito mapakali bigla.

"You are Your Highness' woman yet you wanted a High Priest to sleep with you? Unbelievable." Napailing na lamang ito. Fifteen minutes later, they can go.

The High Priest told them to reflect for only one hour yet it feels like Damian's knees dislocated from his body. Aminado siyang sobrang sakit ng mga butil ngunit tila ba wala lang ang mga ito para kay Tiara.

"Didn't you hear what I said? I am just here to heal, 'wag kang assuming, acla." Naging matigas ang salita ng dalagita. Damian couldn't understand why she was being a little pushy. Nevertheless, he can't imagine himself in one bed with this woman.

"I'll think about it," he whispered. Napailing na lamang ang dalagita. She leaned closer to him with a wide grin.

"You don't want a hardcore sex?"

Damian scoffed. "I'll think about it."

"You?" She looks at him from head to toe mockingly. "You were telling me to wait?" She added.

Damian just stares at her dead and emotions eyes. How he will have sex with a woman who can't even stare at him lovingly? Hindi nga ito makatingin sa kaniyang mga mata. His eye brows furrowed because she suddenly thought of her on top of him. Winasik niya na lang ang naisip niya't tinuon ang atensyon sa kaniyang problema.

Why are you imagining this woman moving on top of you, Damian? Are you out of your mind?

There was a long silence between them, and Damian's thoughts began to wander. The first thing that crossed his mind was his companions. Isn't it weird that they saw Brandon on the floor? How did he become a vegetarian, anyway? Isa pa'y nababahala siya sa mga mangyayari sa iba pa niyang kasama.

Damian's companions were fortunate because Arthur wrote a letter back to Anthonus, but they couldn't escape karma not that Tiara received Dark's curse.

"I can see a mark on Val's neck. I confirmed that the rumor is true that it's what a man gets when you save them. Aren't you ashamed that you touched a man like him?" May diin na saad ni Damian habang bakas ang malawak na ngisi sa kaniyang labi. Nagtataka ang mukha ni Tiara nang siya'y binalingan niya ng tingin.

''Why should I get ashamed? Is it bad to stick with Val?'' Tiara's forehead creased while her mind was clouded with a lot of questions yet she chose not to utter words.

Matagal na tinitig ang pinukol niya sa mukha ni Damian. She hated his smirking eyes and how arrogant he was. She wanted to be careful because if he dared to use one of her companions' names for a rumor, she'd make sure that he would pay.

''Hindi mo ba narinig ang sinabi ko? I am asking you,'' matigas nitong tugon. Damian just chuckled darkly as he shakes his head because of the woman's attitude. Hindi niya akalain na ganito pala ang kaniyang ugali.

''Didn't you know? Val used to be a High Priest last year.'' Damian smirked as if he dropped the year's greatest tea. Napaawang na lamang ang bunganga ni Tiara ngunit agad niya rin itong binawi at nalukot ang mukha dahil sa narinig.

''What did you say? Val used to be a High Priest?!'' Pag-uulit ng dalagita't napapikit siya ng mariin. What happened between her and Val an hour ago flashed to her mind like a movie.

Namilog ang kaniyang mga mata dahil nag-init na lamang ang kaniyang pisngi. She realized what Val meant when he said that he still knew how to bless. She bit the cheek inside his left cheek when she remembered how Val told her to kneel in front of him. Lihim siyang napalunok. Ngayo'y hindi niya na tuloy alam kung ano'ng mukha ang ihaharap niya sa kaniya.

Did she make out to someone who used to be a High Priest? Damn, yes. Did she mark someone Holy? Hell, yes.

''What's wrong? Looks like you didn't expect it?'' Nakangising saad ni Damian at tinitigan ang mukha ng dalagita. He raises an eyebrow because he noticed that she felt shy after.

Tinawanan niya ito dahil tiyak na may habid ito ng hiya. She imagined her crying beside her, running because of disgust to herself, and withdrawing as the Highness' woman and so she thought. Nalukot ang mukha ni Damian dahil inirapan lang siya nito.

''And so? He's not a High Priest today.'' She was so bold and Damian couldn't help but shake his head while smirking because he couldn't believe how her mind worked.

''Can you hear yourself?'' Damian paused. Humugot siya ng hininga dahil hindi siya makapaniwala sa kapal ng mukha't lakas ng loob ni Tiara. ''In the eyes of men he blessed, he's still a High Priest. I pity you. Let's see if you can still talk that way in front of Father Cedrick.''

''Ano namang kinalaman ni Father Cedrick kay Val? Sabog ka yata." Maangas na saad ni Tiara.

"Sabog?" Damian's forehead creased because the woman kept on uttering words that he couldn't recognize.

Pinagsawalang bahala niya na lang ang mga ito. For Damian, the only woman in this world, Tiara is nothing but an insane human being that had the guts to offer a night with Father Cedrick. Sa lahat ba ng mga lalaki rito sa Vrenniomar ay siya pa talaga ang napili nito.

"You should be grateful that I'm warning you. Don't mess with Father Cedrick. He wasn't kind like... my deceased brother, Cohen." Damian whispered in a low voice. And he stood up because their punishment was finally finished.

He bent down to check his reddened knees. He hissed and looked at the woman. It's all her fault. 'Di niya maintindihan kung bakit pati siya ay kailangang parusahan sa kamangmangan ng dalagita. 'Di niya ba alam kung bakit nakikipagusap pa siya rito.

Tiara rolled her eyes. "Ano ba? Bakit ba kasi? Ayaw mo pang sabihin kung bakit. Ang dami mong ebas." Tumayo na rin ito't pinagpag ang kaniyang mga kamay.

"Val used to be a High Priest, and Father Cedrick used to be his companion and mentor. That's all I can say. Did you notice how Father Cedrick is bitter towards Val? It's because Val chose to give up being a High Priest." Damian grins because Val's stubbornness is truly unbelievable.

As for Tiara, she couldn't believe everything she was hearing from Damian. Iniisip niya nga kung nagsasabi ba ito ng totoo o naninirang puri lang. She stared at him, and he noticed that her eyes sought truthfulness in his words. Napailing na lamang si Damian habang nakangising aso sa kaniya.

"Why are you looking at me like that? If you don't believe me, then it's no longer my problem. Katulad nga ng sabi ko'y hindi ko hawak ang tao. I warned you. Don't get too close to Val when Father Cedrick is around." Damian turned his back on Tiara without saying anything. She narrowed her eyes on his back.

Tumayo na rin siya't hindi na nag-aksaya pa ng oras. She was indeed shocked because of what she discovered, yet she thought of focusing on her agenda. Vrenniomar's High Priest wasn't that easy to get. Damian is a total jerk. But this doesn't mean that her plan to sleep with them isn't happening.

"It's still here," Tiara whispered while staring at her reflection. Hinaplos niya ang balat niya na ngayo'y may matinis at maliliit na itim na ugat. Val's blessing isn't useless. Dark's curse is just strong.

She has been thinking of kissing a new man to obtain his power, knowing that she can once again mirror Flame's power if she kisses him. However Dark's curse is making her stop. She's afraid if she discovered that one of Uno's men are evil. Nakagat na lamang niya ang ibabang labi niya dahil hanggang ngayo'y may bahid pa rin ng pagtataka sa kaniyang puso.

"Ano'ng balita sa'yo, mhie? I found these in your room." The timing was right when she saw Travis walking in her direction.

He's holding a gold crate where Tiara's things are located. It's been only 5 hours since Uno's incident yet Travis looked like he wasn't sleep for one month. Magulo ang buhok nito't gusot ang suot. Nakasiksik sa bulsa ng suot niyang coat ang spell book niya't ilang kapirasong papel.

"Travis!" Tiara stood up yet she hissed because she couldn't deny that her physical body hurt.

Matagtag lang ang isip kung kaya tila hindi niya nararamdaman ang sugat mula sa kaniyang mga tuhod. Travis looks down and his gaze soften when he saw the scars from Tiara's reddened knees. Pinaupo niya muna ito sa upuan.

"Huwag ka munang makulit. Hindi mo ba napapansin 'yang mga tuhod mo? Pulang-pula na," he paused. Nais niya sana tulungan ang dalagita ngunit nang buksan niya ang crate ay nalukot lang ang kaniyang.

"Ah, galing 'yan sa mundo ko," Tiara said briefly. Ngumuso siya sa mga cup noodles sa itaas at agad na bumunot si Travis ng isa sa mga ito.

"What are these? Why does this one have a picture of shrimp? May lalabas na shrimp dito?" Travis asked innocently. Tiara chuckled because if these men transmigrate into her world, someone could send them to mental hospitals because of their questions.

"Gaga, cup noodles 'yan, mhie. 'Di ba pinakita ko na sa iyo? Ininggit nga natin si Anthonus. 'Wag mo nang pansinin 'yan ang kunin mo ay 'yong pouch. Parang ganito tapos may keychain na tite."

Travis raises a brow. He didn't know if he heard it right. Sinunod niya na lang si Tiara at hinahanap ang sinasabi nito. He found a medium-sized, rectangular, pink pouch with sparkling glitters. Lumukot na lang ang noo niya nang makita ang keychain nito.

"Is this a man's dick? Does your world worship men's private parts?" Pinaikot-ikot ni Travis ang keychain na nakita niya mula sa pouch ni Tiara. Her pouch contained first aid kits yet she didn't know why she paired it with a silly keychain.

"Hindi!" Isang kurot ang natanggap ni Travis. It hurts. Her pinches hurts yet he is willing to endure it just to see her smile.

"Emergency kit ko 'yan. Meron diyang band-aid at betadine." She tried her best to explain yet the smug on his face wouldn't go away. Pataas-baba pa ang mga kilay nito na tila nang-aasar sa kaniya.

Tiara ended up pinching him harder than before and at the end, she explained how to use a betadine and cotton. Noong una'y kinalkal pa ni Travis kung ano ang mga nasa loob ng crate. He only became serious when he remembered that he needed to treat Tiara's knees.

The truth his Travis' mind is full of things. Bukod sa halos wala siyang tulog ngayong araw ay madami rin ang sumasagi sa isip niya. Akmang kukunin sana ni Tiara sa kaniya ang bulak mula sa kaniyang kamay ngunit agad niya itong lumayo.

"Ako na. 'Wag ka nang gumalaw." He paused. He took out his spell book and chanted a spell that could lessen any physical pain. A faint white light came out from his palm for three seconds.

Isang malalim na hininga naman ang ginawa ni Tiara at napasinghap siya nang idampi ni Travis ang bulak sa kaliwa niyang tuhod. He eyed him carefully, thinking if he chanted the wrong spell. Binalik niya ang tingin sa spell book ngunit tama naman ang binasa niya.

When Travis noticed the pieces of sticky notes sticking out his spell book's pages, he immediately hid those. No. She can't see these. He didn't want her to cause any pain anymore.

"Does it still hurts?" Travis leans closer and blew her knee. Nakaluhod siya't nakapatong ang paa ni Tiara sa kaniyang hita. He kneels like a knight-in-shinning armor taking care of his Princess.

"Did you remember this town's request for you to save 50 men in 1 night? Father Cedrick is thinking about this." Travis opened a topic. Nanatili lamang ang tingin niya sa tuhod ni Tiara.

"I'm still mourning to Father Cohen's death," Tiara whispered. Nakagat niya ang ibabang labi dahil sa kirot ng kaniyang dibdib. How heartless some men can be?

"We." Travis corrected her.

Muli silang nabalot ng katahimikan na animo'y may dumaan na anghel. Tiara just stare at Travis while he was busy. Mukha itong puyat, pagod at kulang sa tulog ngunit mas naisip pa nitong asikasuhin ang tuhod ni Tiara. Isang maliit na sugat na malayo naman sa bituka.

"How's Uno? Nagising na ba siya?"

Tiara's question made his chest hurt. He swallowed hard and thought about what he should say. May kung ano'ng nakabara sa lalamunan niya. Binagalan niya ang paglagay ng betadine sa bulak habang iniisip kung ano ba ang dapat niyang sabihin.

"Not yet but he will be fine." Travis swallowed hard. Nanginig ang kamay niya ngunit sinubukan niya itong itago. Of course, that's a lie. For the first time in his life, Travis lied. He lied to her. He didn't want more pain for her after witnessing what Damian's men did to her.

Travis hoped that this white lie would cover up the wounds in her chest, but what good comes from lying?

"Ano'ng sabi ni Ehmyr? Ano raw—"

Tiara was interrupted when Travis gently held her arm. Isang nagtatakang tingin ang pinukol sa kaniya ni Tiara.

"Tiara, I..."

Nakalukot lang ang mukha ni Tiara habang nakatitig sa kaniya. He parted his lips yet he closed it immediately because he didn't know what to say. Ang tanging bumabakabag sa isip niya'y kung makakabalik pa ba siya.

"Ano 'yon?" She asked. Travis gulped as he stares into her eyes. Pinigilan niya ang mga luhang namumuo sa kaniyang mga mata.

Only one thing runs to Travis' mind. She had enough. She had experienced too much pain. Kung maari lang niya sana saluhin niya na lang ang sakit na nararamdaman nito. Ngunit mukhang dadagdagan niya pa ito.

"I..." Muling tinikom ni Travis ang bibig. His lips are already shivering as his body trembles. He wanted to say something, but he lacked the courage.

Tiara, I lived a good life when I met you.

"W-why are you—"

Tiara's words were interrupted when Travis pulled her closer. He gave her a tight hug and ran his fingers through her hair. Lalo niyang hinigpitan ang yakap dahil baka sakali'y ito na ang una't huli.

How will Travis tell her? How will Travis tell her that the only way to save Uno is by sacrificing himself and performing the most forbidden spell from his spellbook?

From the other side, Top stormed out to the room where he woke up. Klaro sa memorya niya ang lahat ng nangyari bago siya mawalan ng malay. Top knows the consequences of implanting a seed of black fire inside his chest. And one of them is feeling the worst pain when the full moon is out.

Sa paglabas ni Top sa silid ay bumungad sa kaniya si Will Luthor habang ito'y nakatalikod sa kaniya. He was greeted by the smell of various spices on top of Will Luthor's long table. Atlas can be seen at the corner cleaning the vases. Sa labas nama'y abala si Adonis sa pagkuha ng mga ipanggagatong.

"What's this scar on my upper lip? What had you done, Will Luthor?" Top's hand trembled as he traced the scar on his upper lip to his chin. The fresh scar is two inches and it's clear to his memories that he doesn't have a scar like this.

"Why are you pointing me? I was asleep too."
Nagtatakang lumingon si Will Luthor sa kaniya't isang blankong tingin ang kaniyang pinukol.

The truth is Will Luthor didn't remember what happened before he woke up too. Sinubukan niyang maghanap ng mapag aabalahan upang hindi na siya mag-isip pa.

Yet the moment Will Luthor saw Top's face, he began to question what was running into Adonis' mind.

"The woman did that to you." Top heard Adonis from afar.

Nalukot na lang ang noo ni Top dahil sa klase ng sagot na kaniyang nakuha. At napahilamos siya ng mukha dahil kahit ano'ng pilit niya'y wala siyang ma-alala kung paano siya nagising sa silid na ito. Maging si Will Luthor ay tinigil ang kaniyang ginagawa upang ituon ang atensyon sa mga susunod na sasabihin ni Adonis

"The woman did this scar? Where? Paano? Tatawid ang babaeng 'yon para lang sugatan ako. Siraulo ka ba, Adonis?" Top sounded frustrated. Ginulo niya ang kaniyang buhok dahil sa inis.

Padabog ni Adonis ang hawak niyang plato upang lapitan si Top. Top gulped because Adonis looked like he was ready to skill with his piercing eyes.

"When I told you the woman did that, the woman did it. Don't you ever defend her too. I had enough. Kung merong dapat isishin sa mga kamalasang nangyayari ngayo'y walang iba kun'di ang babaeng 'yon." Adonis greeted his teeth. Napaiwas na lamang ng tingin si Top. In his ears, Adonis is just mumbling nonsense.

"Ano? Idadamay mo pa ang babae. Mukha ko pa talaga ang tinira mo?" Top gritted his teeth and facepalmed. It was his first time meeting Adonis, and he couldn't believe this was how their interaction would go. Naiwang nakatitig sa kaniya si Adonis.

"Talk to me if you're sane, Adonis." Top shakes his head. Instead of saying mean things, Top decided to calm himself by taking a puff from his cigarette.

"I'm not done talking." Adonis leaned closer and Top blew smokes into his face as a response. "Yes. You are right. The woman came to this land to leave a scar on your face. Can you imagine that? That's just a little scar for a short time what else if we encountered her for a long time? She's that desperate to harm us."

"Oh, really? The woman?" Nakataas ang isang kilay ni Top. He sarcastically looked around the tiny room. "Then where is she? Ang liit ng silid na ito kaya'y bakit hindi ko siya makita? Is she inside this box?" He kicked the box on his foot.

When Top and Adonis were about to argue, Will Luthor skillfully moved between them. He carefully used his wheelchair to position himself facing Adonis. Will Luthor gave him a piercing gaze. He couldn't understand what happened and Adonis became like this.

"A scar that fresh wouldn't look like it was done while he was asleep for five hours, Adonis. Stop saying nonsense." Will Luthor sighs. Adonis scoffed at him.

"You dare to defend someone's companion who left you bloody inside a forest? You need to remember that if I hadn't found you earlier, you might be dead by now." Adonis mockingly stared at him. He stared at Will Luthor's body, which was covered in bandages.

"Hindi ko kailangan ng tulong kung kapalit naman ang sumbat." Will Luthor scoffed. He moved his wheels again and decided to leave Adonis alone.

"I suggest you stop crossing from Shakrila, Will Luthor. Mystic eye you say? You will never have it, Will Luthor since the day you lose your ability to walk. Take Cedrick as example. Hindi na ba tayo natuto? He has the audacity to be a High Priest after killing thousand of people long time ago." Napailing na lamang si Adonis nang ma-alala ang matalik na kaibigan.

"What the fuck, dude. That's sick!" Top's jaw dropped because he was lowkey listening to their conversation. He flicked his cigarette between his fingers and teasingly blew the smoke towards Adonis' face.

"Say that to yourself, Adonis. You dare to warn us not to cross the other side yet you often go there?"

Adonis could tell that Will Luthor was provoking him, yet he managed to remain calm. He adjusted his collar. Sa lahat ng tao'y alam niyang kasi si Will Luthor ang pinaka-rational mag-isip sa lahat. Yet he won't give up. Adonis knows that he will soon convince them.

"Hindi ko ito ginagawa para sa sarili ko. Can't you see the situation? I'm sacrificing myself here. Tumatawid ako sa kabila hindi lang upang kumuha ng pang araw-araw na pangkabuhayan namin ni Atlas. I was also testing the woman to see if she's good or not. But I was right. That woman is evil." Adonis greeted his teeth.

Top scratches his nape. "Ano ba problema nito? Ang daming sinasabi. Paikot-ikot lang naman—"

"What are you mumbling? Can you hear yourself?" Will Luthor couldn't believe how Adonis can turn situations against one person. He wasn't aware of how manipulative and manipulative gaslighter Adonis was.

"I can hear myself. I know myself. If there's one person who knows me best, it's myself—"

Top raises his eyebrow at Adonis. "Oh, it's not your twin, Atlas?—"

"I cross the other side not just for work but to be a sacrificial lamb for your sake," Adonis added. Nanatiling diretso ang tingin ni Will Luthor habang hilot ang kaniyang sentido.

Pinagtaasan naman siya ng kilay ni Top. "Sinasabi mo? This is the first that we met—"

"I'm out, I need to work." Adonis didn't even let them talk. Walang sabi siyang tumalikod at nagtungo sa kaniyang trabaho.

Adonis' mind is only consist of one thing. It's no other than the woman's downfall. Alam niyang mahihirapan pa siya sa pagkumbisi sa kaniyang mga kasama ngunit pagdating ng tamang panaho'y maniniwala rin ito sa kaniya. Walang magandang dulot ng babae sa kanilang mundo.

"Ano bang sakit niya? Para maagapan natin agad." Top chuckles as he blows the smoke from his cigarette upwards. Natawa na lang siya habang pinagmamasdan ang likod ni Adonis habang papalayo ito sa kanila. Nalukot naman ang mukha ni Will Luthor.

Meanwhile Tiara found herself in unfamiliar place. Naiwan siyang nakaupo sa isang kama. She didn't even know why she accepted Father Cedrick's request. Honestly, she heard this request a long time ago. Ngayon nga lang siya nakakuha ng lakas ng loob.

''He is known by the nickname of Adonis. He's been in Brothel for two years and I can tell that customers loved him!'' The teller chuckles.

The man immediately kneeled in front of the woman as he gently holds her hand. Nakatingin lamang sa kaniya ang dalagita't nalukot na noo dahil tila pamilyar ang mukha ng binatilyo.

"Nice meeting you." He kissed her hand while still holding it. Tiara forces a smile at him while sitting on the bed awkwardly. Binigay niya ang pinakamatis na ngiti niya sa dalagita at hinigpitan ang hawak sa kamay nito.

This brothel for sure became the bridge for them to meet again. He could tell that she was nervous because it was her first time in a place like this yet he held tightly to the knife hidden in his leg's pocket.

Finally, Adonis found her and now he promised never to let her go... without harming her this time.

𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥...