A Secretary Affair
“Last night I saw what is coming for us. At alam kong hindi lang ito basta panaginip lang.”
She turned around then, and when our eyes met, I almost fell back into my chair. For a heartbeat, her eyes were no longer the warm, soft brown I had grown to love. They turned bright crimson, just like the flash in my nightmare.
Burning, ancient, and full of a hunger and power I could not explain. It was terrifying, yet at the same time, there was a familiarity in it, parang nakita ko na ito noon pa man sa ibang panahon.