Chapter 44

Warning! Violence ahead. You can skip this chapter if it bothers you. 

WHERE WAS SHE?

 Inilibot ni Freni ang paningin.

She was in the office gaya ng nakita niya sa painting niya. But the painting before had a man, a demon to be precise. Saan na napunta ang lalaking iyon? This place looked like the exact replica in the painting minus the missing demon.

The demon seemed to be a reader and collector of books. Halos malula si Freni sa sobrang daming libro sa bookshelves. She scanned some of them and was shocked when there were books from the fifteenth century.

Book collector ba ito? If he was, hindi birong mag-collect ng ganito karaming mga aklat. Kulang na lang mapuno ang buong opisina. She was a reader, but she did not collect books. Unang-una, dahil wala siyang budget. At pangalawa, maliit lang ang kwarto niya. Nagagalit ang nanay niya kapag bibili siya ng mga aklat na hindi naman kailangan sa pag-aaral niya. T