End This War Novels & Stories

Nagulat si Claudio at halos ay hindi makapaniwala sa narinig. "Ginoo, sinasabi po ba ninyo na walang utang na loob ang mamamayan. Bayaan ninyong ipagtanggol ko ito pagkat ako ay isa rin sa nagtiis dito. Ang mabuting gawa sa kapwa upang magkaroon ng karapatang ma pasalamatan o kilalanin ay kailangang igawad ng walang anumang hinihintay na ganti. Ako'y kumikilala ng utang na loob sa marangal na pusong iyon. Hindi kaila na ang España noon ay maraming mga bayani, hindi lamang sa larangan ng relihiyon kundi rin naman sa pagka militar. Gunit dahil ba sa kabutihang iyon sa kanilang nagawa ay maaaring mabigyang tayo ng sala kung sakali at pigilan nating gawan tayo ng masama? Ang tanging kahilingan a

Ewan ko ba at ang lalaki ng tenga n gaming mga kapitbahay na mapa hanggang doon sa malayo ay naririnig nila ang mga balita. Ang alam ko pa nga ay naglaslas daw si Maria noong nagpakasal sa iba si Dan at ginamot lang siya ni Teresa kaya siya sa nabuhay. Dinala pa nga raw ni Sir Dan ang ginang sa bayan upang ipagamot habang puno ng dugo ang barong na suot nito. Kagagaling lamang nito sa kanilang kasal ay ganoon na ang naabutan nila sa kanlang bahay. Wala ang nais lumapit sa kanila dahil nga kilala ang kanilang pamilya at natatakot ang mga tao sa kanila. Ang ending ay inuwi na lang din nila ito sa bahay.

-Dan. Nahagip ng mata ko ang pag-alis ni Aux dito. Why so sudden? Bored? Again? "Just give me a reason, just a little bit's enough Just a second we're not broken just bent, and we can learn to love again It's in the stars, it's been written in the scars on our hearts That we're not broken just bent, and we can learn to love again Oh we can learn to love again Oh we can learn to love again oh oh

“What’s the endgame, Sir?” Tumitig si Damon sa kanya, malamig pero buo ang paninindigan. “Expose them. Publicly, if I must. If Marcus wants war, then I’ll give him one. But this time, the battlefield won’t be about rumors or personal scandals—it will be about the empire itself. And when the dust settles, only one Blackwell will be left standing.” Nang umalis si Velasco, muling naupo si Damon. Kinuha niya ang isa sa mga dokumento at pinisil ito, para bang doon niya ibinubuhos ang bigat ng kanyang damdamin.

Sumandal ako sa dibdib niya habang nakatingala pa rin sa langit. If the world was ending, I'd wanna be next to you If the party was over and our time on Earth was through I'd wanna hold you just for a while and die with a smile If the world was ending, I'd wanna be next to you Ooh Oh, lost, lost in the words that we scream I don't even wanna do this anymore 'Cause you already know what you mean to me And our love's the only war worth fighting for Wherever you go, that's where I'll follow

Tahimik ako. “He stepped back,” dagdag niya. “Yes.” “And you?” “What about me?” tanong ko. “Are you going back to him?” Mas lalong bumigat ang dibdib ko. “I don’t know,” sagot ko. Tahimik siya. Then… “I stopped too.” Nanlaki ang mata ko. “What?” “I’m ending it,” sabi niya. “The war. The pressure. Everything.” “Why?” “You already know why.”

Hindi rin nila maintindihan kung bakit bigla silang nawala sa communication device na binigay ni Gez sa kanila. Kaya wala silang connection sa labas kahit sino. "Lythe." Tinapik ni Winter ang balikat niya kaya napatingin ito at nakita niyang nakatingin silang lahat sa kaniya. "We can risk anything, Lythe. We are determined to end this war." "Tama! So spit it out, bro! We are getting back our life!" "And our sweet Amirea." "And our Zhia." "Yeah. Let's get back everything they have taken from us." Determinadong sabi ni Lythe.

Ang tanging tunog ay ang pag-ulan sa labas, ang paghinga ni Liza, at ang tibok ng puso kong parang bomba. Nang bumukas ang pinto, hinawakan ko ang kamay niya. She didn’t pull away. At sa sandaling ‘yon, kahit na gumuho ang buong imperyo ko, may natitira pa ring dahilan para lumaban. This isn’t the end, bulong ko sa isip ko. This is the beginning of war.

Victoria didn’t resist. She only looked at Rafael and said: “Then end it… my son.” Rafael closed his eyes. And nodded. The war was over. Billie trembled only when everything was finally still. It was the kind of trembling a man did only in front of someone he trusted with his life. Mariel didn’t speak. She simply stepped closer, her palm touching his cheek, wiping away a smear of dust. Billie leaned his forehead against hers. “Mariel,” he whispered, breath uneven, “I almost lost you.”

Para matahimik na ang panig namin. “This isn’t just business anymore,” he finally said, eyes on the screen. “This is war.” “And they want to win it by making us fall apart.” He looked at me then, eyes softer. “But they won’t. Because we’re not breaking.” I nodded, the fear inside me slowly turning to fire. “Let’s make them wish they never touched us.” We weren’t just defending our names anymore. We were protecting everything we built—together.