Luke
Dalawang araw.
Dalawang araw kong tiniis na hindi siya lapitan. I can feel her whenever she’s around. I can feel every piercing stare she gives. Leaving a hot pack of heat at the places she’s been staring at. And I felt that calmness in me when courses of lightning struck the skies of Viloria while she’s just there in the shadows of the library.
Gusto ko siyang lapitan. Gusto ko siyang makita sa malapitan. Mahawakan ang maliit niyang pigura sa malalaki kong mga kamay. I want to touch her. I have been wanting to touch her since I saw her in the forest. Pero pinigilan ko ang sarili. I can’t be that cruel to Althea. I can’t be, most especially now that she’s sick and this woman I’ve been craving for is not my mate.
That next night after I talked to the healer, I went to Althea’s ro
