She couldn't breathe. Sinaksak niya si Azul. Hindi niya makontrol ang kanyang katawan ngunit ramdam na ramdam niya ang dugo nito sa mga kamay niya. It was warm and sticky and it was something she would never forget for the rest of her life—if ever she lives today. "No," she muttered as she watched life seeped out from Azul's eyes. It couldn't be. Azul is supposed to be immortal. Bakit nawawalan ng buhay ang mga nito? She couldn't understand. And perhaps it was her denial that led her to hold on to that hope that Azul is immortal and that perhaps he is going to wake up soon just like how Horris did when Miura snapped his neck. But seconds passed. Then a minute. But Azul was still lying on the floor, lifeless. From a distance, she could hear the chains rattling and Scias' face as he look

