Kabanata 11
Pinanlisikan ko ng mga mata si Marco, hindi ko pa rin matanggap na isa siyang traydor. I know I don’t know him that well but I didn’t think he’d be this low.
“I thought you don’t want to betray Maximo, how can you do this?” Tanong ko kay Marco.
Tinignan lamang niya ako, those sickly gazes again. Ibang-iba na siya sa Marco na nakilala ko, oh, right. I never knew him. “I didn’t betray him, I betrayed you. There’s a difference, see?” Ngumisi siya.
“I trusted you.”
“Then you trusted the wrong person.” Nagkibit-balikat si Marco, tumingin siya sa kanyang mga tauhan, his crew, there was a hesitation on their faces, but as Marco was the right hand of the king, and we were equal in the order, and he is the squadron leader of their troupe, they have no choice but to follow him. “Aki
