Chapter 10

BREE

'GO HOME'

"Ang kapal! Sino siya sa akala n'ya? Akala mo kung sinong Diyos kung makapag utos ang dipungal. Ni hindi ko nga alam ang pangalan niya." Nilingon ko ang pinanggalingan. I'm still shaking.

Kanina pa wala roon ang estranghero pero nagpe-playback pa rin sa isip ko ang lahat. The cold gaze, his looming height, the warmth of his hands despite the gloves that covered them. And his scent. Musk, sandalwood, and cigar.

Very manly. And it stirred something inside me. Something na hindi ko mapangalanan.

But what took the air from my lungs and the reason why my words caught at the back of my tongue for a couple of seconds, are those electric blue eyes. Darkness isn't enough to conceal their magnificence and the danger it holds.

Nayakap ko ang sarili. May gumapang na takot sa katawan ko but then naroon ang pakiramdam na kilala ko siya. But how? That handsome stranger was way out of my league, sure akong never pang nagtagpo ang landas naming dalawa.

Kusang lumipad ang kamay ko sa bat