Midnights with SinUpdated at Mar 14, 2022, 10:11
"Take off your mask," he lowly commanded as he watched me from across the dark room.
There was a faint red light from behind him but I wasn't that stupid not to recognize his face. Dammit. It's him again. Sa dinami-rami ng pwede niyang i-request, ako pa?
"Sir, hindi po makakarating si White Flame. Nandito po ako para halilihan siya," maingat kong sagot.
He stood on his feet and even before I knew it, I was being pushed against the wall and his hot breath fanned over my exposed neck.
"Three things. One, your contract says you need to call me Master."
He hovered his lips up to the base of my neck and his hands drove my wrists harder against the wall.
"Two, you do as you are told. And three," he paused as he pushed his body harder on me, his right hand expertly untangling the ribbons of my mask.
A second later, it dropped to the floor and he darkly gazed at my dumbfounded face.
"I know it's you."
Hindi makalilimutan ni Berlin ang mga gabing kailangan niyang lunukin ang katotohanang wala siyang puwang sa pagmamahal ng kanyang sariling ama. Gayunding wala na siyang puwang sa tahanan ng mga Valderama.
Isa siyang kilala at hinahangaang estudyante sa isang sikat na unibersidad ngunit ang hindi nalalaman ng lahat, sa likod ng kanyang maamong mukha't pinong kilos, isang nag-aalab na lihim ang kanyang pinanghahawakan pagkagat ng dilim.
Akala niya'y mananatili itong nakakubli hanggang sa makilala niya ang misteryosong binatang si Sin.