THE SECLUDED TRAILS OF DECEIT '. ruler of fate series l first book

The Secluded Trails of Deceit
written by : riyanisity

Feeling the chills running down my spine, the blood traveling through my veins, and even my breath that was stuck inside my ribcage, everything was like torture as the number of elevators took time to decrease. Tuloy, nakatiklop ang aking magkabilang braso at ang mga paa ay mariing nakalapat sa sahig para lang maibsan ang kabang nararamdaman.

"Are you okay?" My shoulders flinched a bit from those words that Draven whispered behind me.

My brow shot up before I slowly folded my right knee, making the sole and the tip of my heels point at him. Matapos no'n ay pasimple kong nilapat ang sapatos ko sa harapan ng binti niya at buong pwersa siyang tinulak ro'n na kaniyang ikinaatras.

Marahil dahil sa sakit, kaya napahawak siya sa bahaging 'yon, kaya hindi rin sinasadyang tumama ang ulo niya sa likod ko matapos niyang yumuko. Although I had that reason in mind, in the end, I still had the urge to look back at him with my knitted eyebrows.

Hindi ko mapigilang umirap sa nakangiwi niyang mukha at mga kamay na nakalapat sa kaniyang binti at noo, "Dumbass." walang boses na dagdag ko.

Khalil must have seen what happened; that's why he's laughing quietly right now beside me. Pilit nga siyang lumulunok at paulit-ulit na kinakamot din ang leeg niya para lang maibsan kahit papa'no ang tuwa dahil sa nangyari.

Finally, regaining himself, he stopped and chose to lean closer, "Hey, that must have hurt a lot, you cold-hearted architect. I felt like I heard his bone, you know?" kunwari ay nag-aalala, ngunit sa totoo lang ay may pang-aasar na binulong niya naman 'yon sa'kin.

I rolled my eyes. "Shut up."

Napailing siya sa narinig at magsasalita na sana ulit, ngunit biglang tumunog ang elevator at bumukas ang pinto nito matapos naming makarating sa basement area. Both of us were about to get out of the lift upon noticing that, but Draven suddenly squeezed himself in between.

He cleared his throat, "Ay, sorry! Excushit lang po. Padaan lang talaga, ah..? Para kasing nasa eskinita kung makadikit, eh. Pasensya na kayo." malumanay na sambit niya pa matapos saglit na tumigil sa gitna naming dalawa at bago kami tuluyang iwan.

My forehead creased as my palm held the strap of my bag tightly, "Papansin." hindi mapigilang saad ko at lumabas na rin.

Sinabayan ako ni Khalil, natatawa pa rin at umiiling nang kaunti, habang nanatiling namang nasa unahan namin si Draven.

He nudged me on my shoulder, which took my attention away from the man who was definitely and obviously listening through his big ears and watching us from the glasses of all the cars around us as we were passing by.

I glanced at him, "What?" tanong ko.

"Let's eat lunch together..? You haven't eaten, I'm sure." Khalil said that with a huge smile across his lips.

Papayag na dapat ako, ngunit hindi natuloy 'yon matapos makarinig ng biglang pagbukas ng sasakyan. Of course, it was Draven who unlocked his car, even though he's still a few feet away from it. He even had the audacity to whistle and play with his keys.

Umirap ako kahit nakatalikod siya at muling hinarap si Khalil. "Your tre—"

Again, I wasn't able to continue my answer when another loud tud interrupted the silence around the basement floor. Sinadya ni Draven 'yon na hindi ko namalayang nakalapit na sa kaniyang kotse at nakatitig sa'kin.

My brow shot up when his eyes never left mine. What's worse is that he's holding the passenger's door now instead of heading straight inside the driver's seat.