SEA'S BRIDE (PHILMYTHO ROMANCE II)

CHAPTER 67

"All right, Woman. But first, I want you to tell your father to leave. I prefer us to talk alone." He said. I can't believe he'd actually propose that on the table now. My father will absolute not agree on this but I will still have to try. This is my only chance to get to ask Florante without his snob treatment.

But before I can do that, I need to pursue my dad to allow me and Florante to talk without his interference.

"Give me a moment," I instructed Florante.

Florante gave me time to persuade my dad. And as my father came to my side thinking that Florante's finally leaving, he then said, "How were you able to persuade him to leave?"

My body hasn't fully recovered that moving to face him took me so much effort to sustain. "Actually dad, I wish you could let me talk to him for a moment."

"Young woman, have you gone insane? You don't even know this man? Why do you need to talk to him?"

"Please, dad. I need to talk to him."

I can see from the way my dad's brows frown and his lips partially shaking that he is indeed upset and furious about what's going on. "Emalia, your mom and I are waiting. Let's go." He began dragging me away but I had to persuade him to allow me or this only chance to know the truth from Florante will be taken away from me.

And thought I feel so weak, I still tried to withdraw from his grip. But slipping away from my dad's just made me slump on the sand, "I'm sorry dad. Please forgive me but I really have to talk to him."

"Tell me, Emalia. What's so important to talking to this man that you chose to defy me instead?"

"Dad, in time I promise, I will."

"But you don't know this man!"

"I do...but not in this period."

"You're just being delusional because of the seismic sea wave that had run on us. Let's go now, please. Sweetheart."

I lightly shook my head as I firmly gave him my answer, "I'm coming with him, Dad. you don't have to find me." I have never defied my parents up to this extent, much to cause dismay to my dad. What happened just now though is contrary to what I could've done had I not know Florante. I would have run to my father's aid and avoided Florante without any question. But since there is an important things I have to know from him--and it could also the reason why I was sent here--then there is no other option left for me than to really oppose my father's will.

Seeing my dad looking so reluctant while he holds my hand just made me feel even more guilty. "Emalia...don't make this difficult for dad. Let's go." he sounded like he's pleading. I don't like to see anymore of this picture. While he keeps doing that, persuading him will become more difficult for me to do.

"I already told you my answer. Let me go, dad." Yet, I still have to insist what I must do.

"No! You are coming with me. I don't know this man and you are underage." My dad's disappointment turn into rage that

Before I could even struggle from it, which is unlikely to happen with my weak state, Florante immediately came into the scene and stop my dad from pulling me with him. "I believe your daughter has already decided." Florante said. His eyes were full of grim as they focus towards my dad. Even the sky roars with low growls with the fury that Florante is carrying around him. The sea's waves isn't stable. I can feel that if he can only summon the waves, a new surge of tsunami might happen once more if Florante will be enraged further more. After all, my hunch about him being the sea God did not fade away just yet. That information about him is still not proven as false.

"My daughter is not coming to you! Let go, kid." My dad said which I believe fliched Florante a bit.

And just as I thought as the sarcasm was again present on Florante's face when he replied, "Kid? You call me a kid?"

I wonder why my father isn't so scared about Florante's presence. Here I am trembling at the possible action Florante might bestow my dad, but he just keeps on provoking Florante with the way he talks to him. I don't think I could even control Florante had his anger explodes. It's scary just by the thought of it.

"Yes. So let go of my daughter and go back to your parents and tell them to teach you some manners." And then, my dad finally did it. A single line that hit the trigger button.

"My parents...were you trying to insinuate my parents poorly raised me?" Was the only two words that came out from Florante's lips before his fury finally manifested. The last time I saw him giving that of horrific aura was when those cursed kataws tried to infiltrate the dome. But this time, I feel like the powers surging around him is ten times more potent than what he has carried out before.

"Isn't that obvious?" My dad replied again. I can't control any of them. They just keep on exchanging words that heightens the situation, bringing it to the worst result possible.

"Ahh...maybe you're right. But also wrong, for I don't have any parents." but Florante just acted composed as if it was nothing to him. Contrary to what I believe he would be saying or exhibiting towards my father, it was completely surprising to see him being too lenient to someone who has tried to rage him, let alone that person is a stranger to him--the least I mean since I told him he's my father.

I remember Florante told me that his parents died on their expedition to discover the biggest caldera in the world. At first, it was the thing that I thought was the cause why Florante turn out to be how he was back in the present time, but coming back here and finding out a figment of him in my past memories made my beliefs wrong. There might be something else that could've made him into that and not because he lost his parents at an early age.

Seeing him now is actually looking at a different Florante. If we're probably back in the present time, my dad could've been dead a few moments ago. The Florante with me now can still control his will to kill anyone swiftly as an arrow. I couldn't tell that it was because of me that's why he's showing mercy for my father, after all, I am still a stranger for him in this period of time.

But even though Florante's trying to control his emotions, he still has his limits. And I believe my dad has been pushing him off the edge already. The nature is the sole witness and also the proof of Florante's rage. The waves began to rumble along with the dark skies that cries a gruesome roar. Above us are the heavy dark clouds covering the light of day and is accompanied by scattered lightning from beyond it.

"Florante, Please don't hurt my father." Trying to beg on him for the sake of my dad in the hopes that he will spare him has been my aim now. I never thought this is how things would end. I just hope that Florante won't thing about killing my dad for real.