Hidden Bite (Book 3 of Bite Trilogy)

Chapter 77

Chapter 77: Who

Sabi ni Aunt Harper Mama has always been the most beautiful in everyone's eyes, even when she was still living with the idea that she was once a human, she radiates differently than everyone else, and even with the eyes of different vampires, or other creatures, royalty or not, friends or enemies, they are always taken aback of Mama's beauty.

Sabi ni Aunt Naha, kakaligo lang daw iyon ni Mama ng fresh milk from cows every full moon, si Aunt Naha raw kasi tap water lang kaya mas maganda raw sa kanya nang slight si Mama.

I grew up witnessing how different creatures' eyes brighten up when they look at Mama, kaya laging nakakunot ang noo ni Papa. Sabi sa akin ni Queen Leticia, just like Mama I will grow up as pretty as her.

It's just like when Mama, Claret Cordelia Amor, the first priestess of the prophecy in her generation arrived in this world, she set a high standard for woman's beauty. That even the known most beautiful vampire in history was taken aback the moment he laid his eyes on her—Prince Rosh.

I've heard stories from different servants in the palace about how vampires from the castles and from different kingdoms were drawn from Mama's beauty.

And for me, Mama's the most beautiful woman in the world too!

Even though I've seen Queen Leticia fighting with monsters with her golden dust and glistening powers, Mama's still my number one.

But this time—I couldn't help but stare at Kezalli.

I gasped and covered my mouth because she looked so cool and pretty like Mama!

I might have witnessed how she pulled her arrows a lot of times, but now was completely different. The way she looked into Prince Rosh's eyes, and how determined she was in her words—as if she's been here for years, like she's has been aware of this world's situation.

She's confident, firm, and determined with her words, and the existence of Prince Rosh doesn't intimidate her.

Sabi ni Mama, goddesses—or the priestesses from the mirror were chosen. They were not randomly picked, but they were ideally selected. No wonder why Grandma chose Kezalli, because behind her silly smiles, and cheerful personality, she knew how to play her role.

And for the very first time, I saw how Prince Rosh was lost in his words, he was just blankly staring at Kezalli as if he wasn't expecting those words from her— a human who just recently arrived in this world.

When I first met Kezalli in the human world, with her carefree personality and constant smiles, no one ever expected that she'd adjust easily to this world, even Grandfather Sul and Grandfather Javan had no high hopes about her, they believed that even with the idea of this world's existence inside Kezalli's mind, it would be hard for her to dwell in this place.

I even heard that it would be good for her to stay longer inside Deltora's palace with long education and training for her to survive in this place, but she just recently arrived in this world and yet she's in one of the biggest groups of Nemetio Spiran.

But now that I could hear her words and perception of our situation, I couldn't help but admire her more—like Mama!

"W-What are you talking about? That one from them might have another reason for killing Atlas and you're asking me to save him? To side with him and his evil deeds?" Prince Rosh asked shakily.

"I am not asking you to side with him, it's just that maybe someone from the group might still have another reason—" naiiling na sabi ni Kezalli.

Prince Rosh cut her off.