Chapter 31: A World Without Us

A week had passed since Caite's reveal. The boat in the yard had grown taller, wider, each plank a reminder that we were building more than wood. But the night made the unfinished skeleton of the boat look fragile, almost laughable. Shadows pooled beneath it, uneven and restless. Most of the kids had retreated to the gym or tents. As for me, I couldn't stay still. I needed to move, needed to occupy my mind before it unraveled entirely. Guard duty, I told myself. That was reason enough.A voice drifted across the courtyard—soft, almost lost in the wind. It made the hairs on my neck stand. Hesitating only for a second, I followed it. Each step was careful, measured, my ears scanning the empty campus.He was on the rooftop. Keilser. He wasn't aware—or maybe he was pretending not to be—that I was watching. The sound wasn't polished, wasn't meant for anyone but him. It was a hollow, quivering thing, carrying the weight of something I didn't know I'd missed until this moment.I didn't spe

Chapter 32: We Make The Ark

The nets never behaved, and Rylan was pretty sure they hated him personally. The salvaged wires curled against his fingers, scraping skin, biting at his nails every time he tugged them through the makeshift frame. He groaned loudly and shot a look at the two people on either side of him. His grandfather, tatay Samson, just chuckled. His sound was low and warm just like the sea he never shut up about. Born in 2018, before the great flood sunk up most of the regions in the ancient Philippines, before the wars, the bombs, and the creepers, he carried the ocean in the way he talked and the way his eyes softened whenever he glanced at the horizon. His hands moved with easy certainty, looping and pulling the wire as if it were gentle rope instead of scavenged metal. Nanay Irene, Ry's grandmother, sat across from them, brow furrowed, lips moving in quiet prayer as she tied knot after knot. She prayed for strong nets, safe tides, no storms, and—Ry suspected—for all of them to stop doing s

Todos los capítulos de Killing Lies (English-Tagalog) : Capítulo 31 - Capítulo 32

Chapter 31: A World Without Us

Chapter 32: We Make The Ark