Chapter 631: Your Heartbeat Against My Ears-III

Elise felt as though a storm had struck her. Her whole emotions was in a mess. The heartbeat that she heard against her ears were crisp and loud. The urge to press her ears deeper to his chest grew in her, wanting to make sure she wasn't wrong and her ears hadn't lied to her. She didn't want this to be a dream or the sweet illusion that had been repeating in her sleep.

When his voice slipped to her ears in the most sweetest way, once again a wave of emotions washed her entire heart. Her tears filled the rim of her eyes and tears slowly dribbled uncontrollably from her eyes. She lifted her chin slowly up, looking around to feel his hand around her before her blue eyes finally met with Ian's deep red ones.

"I'm sorry, did I made you wait for long?" He asked as though he hadn't died, as though he hadn't killed her and as though it had only been a day of their separation when it had been more than four days. 

Four days might be a mere few days for others, but not to Elise who bears the guilt of taking her own husband's life. 

She shakes her head slowly before picking a pace, her tears fell down and she tried to sniffled them down. There was too many words she wanted to say but her lips were trembling with nervousness, "No," she whispered, her voice gradually growing louder, "You have never been late."

Ian stared at Elise who was having a fit of emotions. His hand wreathed on her back while the other one wholly held the back of her head, bringing her face closer to his chest as he lowered his face. Like her, Ian had only wanted to immerse himself on the warmth that their body shares and once again he appreciate the small moment they experienced whenever they're together. 

But an interruption occurred as the snakes begin to threw a rage fit on the ocean. Ian pulled away from Elise gently. He lowered his lips to kiss her forehead, "Wait for me here."

Elise looked at Ian and watched him taking steps away from her, causing her hand to frantically hold on to his arm. Loosing Ian had caused a trauma in her where the separation sacred her more than death at the hand of the sea serpent. Ian's eyes widened at this and he took her hand, giving a small kiss on her palm as he let her touch his face, "Don't worry, I will never leave you again. Never, I swear it to you with my life."

Elise looked at him and loosened her hands, "Welcome back," she whispered, mustering a smile even as her eyes continue to spill more glittering tears. 

"I'm back," Ian answered her before releasing her hand, walking toward the body of the boat when his eyes fell on the stack of wings that were placed there. His red eyes were surprised to see what belongs to him. No wonder he can cross the abyss to the sea earlier even though the death angel warned him that he could never cross out of the abyss. Elise had done all the work for him while trusting that he would come home.

"That's my wife," he smiled as he whispered the words. Bending down, Ian took hold of his wings. His eyes closed as he felt an aching pain on his back. At the touch of his fingertips, Elise saw his wings slowly crumbling and disappear. Elise came closer holding her eyes only at him as she watched Ian slowly falling forward, holding on to the side of the boat in pain.

Elise quickly came closer and looked at his back where she saw a feather slowly pushing it ways to tear his clothes. Elise saw the blood and quickly hold his back. She didn't have the power to heal even though she was half an angel and hoped she could do anything to stop the bleeding when she noticed the blood slowly stopped. 

Ian who was in pain could also tell his pain easing. He looked at Elise who also realizes this, "My angelic power."

Ian smiled and touched the side of her head, "I told you, we are perfect with each other. Always complimenting what other's don't have." 

Elise smiled, Ian had always managed to make her smile regardless of how chaotic her emotions was. She snuggled to his palm, "Yes."

Ian closed his eyes then, creaking the bones on his back and as he opened his eyes that had turned black the second time, his wings spread wide on his back. The three pair of wings fluttered before Elise's eyes as she watched them soar on the nightly sky. The appearance was beyond beautiful as Elise had imagined it would be on his back. 

"Wait here, my love. This won't take a long time." Ian told her and she closed her eyes when feeling wind being pushed back as he moved his wings. 

Ian soared over the sky and the creature who continued to row his boat as if he hadn't seen anything spoke, "What… a husband you have. He was the once causing chaos in the abyss."

Elise smiled at the creature, "That sounds like him."

Ian soared on the sky, looking at the Serpent whose body was slowly crumbling into ashes, clearly it had been done using Elise's power. As he came closer to the it, the serpent hissed. 

"You were the one who attacked her and now you are angry?" Ian asked the snake who glared its red eyes at him but Ian wasn't the least bothered by the serpent's anger. As he had gotten closer to the creature, the serpent hissed and howled in alarm, causing the ocean to tremble on the echoes of its cry. Ian frowned, raising his hand to stop the sea from causing more chaos and for the waves to not hit the boat where Elise was.

At once the ocean that had been noisy, turned gravely silent. The Serpent was shocked at what he had seen before looking at Ian in fear. "Being a monster seems to make you smarter than other creatures, seeing how you are able to tell who is stronger than you. But too late to be scared now." While on air, Ian reached out his hand from the side, pulling out a red sword out of thin air and slashes it forward to the serpent. "You should have not bothered my wife if you wanted to keep your life. Good bye."

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A/N: I like to see everyone's excited ^3^