" Are you telling me the truth, you are one of the descendants of the Demar family?"
Eliza was jumping over the moon, she never thought that fate would let them meet the man who she was looking for, but then another thought suddenly hit her. If he was also from the Demar family, then who is her sister's husband? The initially excited face fell into despair and Leon could read her face without any words.
" Relax, do not fret." Leon wanted to tease her more but seeing her eyes brimming with tears, he simply smiled and kissed her forehead.
" Look, your sister's engagement with the son of the Demar family is true but that fated one is my elder brother. Now that your sister has found her husband, it is time for me to keep my wife busy. Eliza Lazarian, be my woman, we will together avenge our families and then I promise to cherish our love till the day I die…."
Towards the last word, Eliza's lips covered those unsaid words and thus one more new couple bloomed on the land of VilmonArk. After the long kiss, Leon was still thirsty for more, but Eliza's mind was in frenzy. She could not register how much time they kissed each other wildly but she was happy that Leon did respect her as a woman and did not take any advantage of her.
As Eliza lay over his chest, Leon slowly said about his plan to her.
"Don't you think that prank can be a bit cruel to your brother and what if my sister gets hurt in this act?"
" We both have to talk with your sister first, if she doesn't have any kind of feeling towards my brother, I can't force her to be with him for just the sake of fulfilling the older generation's promise. Before we met, did your sister have any suitors in that land?"
" Not actually, my sister may look like an innocent little woman but in fact, she is a tough nut. No one dared to approach her and those who dared had only some disgusting thoughts in their mind but soon got beaten blue by her."
Leon thought of his brother getting beaten by his sister-in-law, and later little munchkins who would call him uncle. He was grinning stupidly but his eyes showed immense happiness.
" Tonight after the banquet, ask your sister to meet my brother at his courtyard, I will make him see his separated wife."
The two of them cuddled each other and spent their time together while on the other side, Kiara was feeling nervous. As she sat near the lotus pond, she remembered her mother asking her to find the Demar family when she grows up as she was betrothed to the eldest son of that family.
She still remembered that man who saved her mother and herself but was terribly wounded. He said to wait near the shaft as he would send his eldest son to help them and he de-routed the enemies away from them but later some of the guards caught them and sent them back to the black world.
Kiara looked at the white and pink lotuses in the pond and suddenly she heard someone coughing beside her, she turned around and saw it was none other than Leon.
" May I have a word with you?"
Kiara nodded her head but looked on her either side, a small part of her mind wanted to see another man right now. She quickly observed the surroundings but got no glimpse of the man. She felt as if someone had placed a heavyweight over her heart. She smiled at Leon indicating to continue what he had to say to her.
" I hear about your engagement, congratulations! Before giving you the biggest surprise of your life, I have to ask your permission."
Kiara confusingly raised her eyebrows and she felt this guy was setting her up. Her guess became correct with his next sentence.
" I am in love with your little sister and I have given her my word to make her my one and only woman. Please, let me marry your sister, I promise to love and protect her till my last breath. Don't worry, even after my death, our sons will take care of her."
Kiara was rejoiced to hear Leon's serious confession but towards the end, she laughed her heart out. This man could protect her little sister and would pamper like a princess. Eliza would get all the love which she missed since her childhood. Thinking about her sister's happiness, Kiara slowly nodded her head but then her eyes turned ice cold. She made a simple gesture that Leon could understand without any translation.
Kiara simply took her secret pocket knife and showed the action of cutting Leon's throat. It meant that ever if Leon tried to bully her sister, she wouldn't mind taking his life.
Watching his fierce sister-in-law, Leon swallowed his saliva and politely bowed in front of her, " Sister-in-law, thank you for letting us be together. Now it is time for your big surprise, for that let me introduce myself properly, I am Leon Demar, the second son of the existing Demar family."
Kiara first nodded simply but on the next second it hit her, she couldn't believe what she heard, this lad said he was the second son of the Demar family… the DEMAR family. So, it means… it means that the one who she was searching for, was right there in front of her.
Before she could recover from this shock, Eliza also joined the conversation.
" Sister, his brother doesn't know it yet that we are from the Lazarian family. He is also waiting for you, Leon, please show her how much your brother loves her."
Leon swiftly checked whether his brother was in the training ground or not. After confirming that Houlson had just started his daily training which usually takes 1 hour to complete, Leon led the Lazarian sisters to Houlson's courtyard.
The courtyard was a simple building with a beautiful garden on its front, a total of four rooms and a kitchen. The simplicity of the house attracted Kiara pretty well, it was as she would have dreamt of her future house, a simple, quiet place with lots of flowers.
" The left-wing is where my brother resides and the right-wing is my area. He usually doesn't like anyone entering his area and has even banished me from entering his room. So do not touch anything in the room because he keeps everything accurately. Last time, he detected the pillow on his bed had a small change in its position and the culprit had to run ten lapses around the training ground at midnight for a month."
" Sister-in-law, beware … that guy is a mad man sometimes but good to heart always."
Listening to Leon's blabbering, Kiara was observing the neat and tidy room, on the table she then saw a doll neatly kept. Her eyes teared up and before others could detect it, she wiped her tears and smiled. She was fortunate that the heavens found this man for her. This was the same doll which she had on her hands on the day of escape but one of the guards snatched it away from her and threw it away. Who knew that years later, her destined man would keep her favourite toy safely. Kiara could not deny that ripples were formed inside her heart. The feelings which were foreign to her suddenly rushed to her brain.
Watching Kiara standing there looking at the doll with her face blushing red, Leon could guess what she was thinking of. His half plan was successfully executed, now the other half was to be done by his sister-in-law.
Kiara was then taught how to surprise Houlson with this news, Leon and Eliza even gave her a wonderful dress matching with the Houlson's dress which he was going to wear to the wedding tomorrow.
As the banquet time neared, Leon was shattered at the news of elders asking his brother to go for a rain check over the borders tonight. This was mandatory because of the recent happenings. Hence, Leon's plan flopped and the main surprise was postponed for the next day.
The next morning arrived quickly, the elders guided the youngsters to be wary at the wedding, the wicked black world leaders could play any dirty games to achieve their motive.
Three sedans were waiting for them at the entrance, the Salian brothers along with their wives boarded one sedan and in the other one, purposefully, Jordan and Leon planned to dump Houlson and Kiara into the same one.
From yesterday, Houlson had not looked at Kiara even for once, but today when she was boarding the sedan, he couldn't help himself getting lost in her beauty. She was wearing a peacock coloured gown which matched his peacock coloured robe and clothes. Together they were looking just like newlyweds and this thought made his blood boil.. But all along the entire journey, neither of them initiated any talks.