Chapter Fourty-four: Royal Wedding

Abalang-abala ang buong kaharian sa paghahanda sa kasal namin ni Lucian, lahat sila masaya at excited but not me. It's been two weeks since the day Acheron offered me to run away with him. It's been two weeks since I turned my back to him, and it's been two weeks since my heart died. Hindi na ulit bumalik pa dito sa palasyo si Acheron. Gustuhin ko mang puntahan siya to see him, ano naman ang sasabihin ko? I'll just make it hard for the both of us. Alam ko namang kahit anong gawin namin ay wala kaming laban sa tadhana.

Tumatak sa isip ko ang sinabi ni Elizabeth no'ng nakaraang linggo matapos niyang marining ang usapan namin ni Lucian tungkol kay Acheron.

"You know why water and fire can't be together?" she asked me.

"Because it's two opposing elemental mana?" I answered, unsure. 

She nodded her head. "That's one thing. But moreover, water is very dangerous. It can quench fire. This is why I'm aga