"Is it okay to ride like this?" asked Rafael not really sure about his own condition but Hazel nodded her head without a beat.
"Of course, the weather is nice and it has been ages since we have spent some good time together? Didn't you promise me that you will take me on our honeymoon when everything is over?" she did not give him a chance to refuse as she brought the horse closer.
He touched the horse, hesitating if he would lose his senses again. But Hazel had fed him enough, and to his relief that even sensing the presence of a living being around him, he did not feel like attacking it. The desire was mild, and he could control it.
He felt her hand covering his and opened his eyes to see a smile on her face. The smile he had fallen in love with. When he looked at her, he felt nothing had changed and smiled back.
She mounted on the horse and then waved at him when he shook his head and finally mounted behind her.
"Why have you arranged only one horse?" was she afraid that he would lose his calm in mid journey. He could not help but feel cold at the thought when he felt her smile growing wider.
"Because it is romantic!" her eyes turned into a full moon, "did you forget you said the same thing when you took me for a ride when i had just come here?" she turned to look at him with hopes, but he shook his head.
He had really forgotten about it. Only negative thoughts keep dancing in his mind.
"Then I will remind you of everything." she raised her head and gave a small peck on his lips startling him. "I will remind you how much you love me."
"Then we should better reach there now." She pulled the reins of the horse and Rafael chuckled as he played with a tendril of her hair while she made sure that the horse ran at the top of its speed.
A life together as a normal couple! He wondered if he would be able to have it with her? There was no denying that he wanted to live to see his child, he wanted to see the twins.. He could not get that thought out of his mind. It had kept him awake all the time.
Her touch was as soft tender as he remembered it. She was everything he wanted.. And this happiness they were sharing together was overwhelming.
From the start, they never had peace.. They were always busy fighting with the tricks of her mother then other witches, Diana.. The list never ended. But finally they have achieved it. The peace she had always desired for.
She kept looking at the scenery and exclaiming how beautiful those flowers were, those trees looked serene and those fruits.. But not even one his gaze left her face. He kept staring at the most beautiful thing in the world and wondered how lucky he was to have her!
He really had her! His hands tightened around her waist and she finally stopped babbling and gave him a side glance as if asking what happened..
"That idea of stopping my corruption. I want to try it. I want to give myself another chance." she paused. She knew how scared he was, and how much strength it had taken to confess it to her. "I want to live a loving life with you and our child, Hazel. I do not want to leave you." she could feel the trembling of his hands and pulled the reins stopping the horse abruptly.
"Rafael.. The way you are seducing me, I do not think we will be able to reach our destination." she said softly, her voice was so seductive and her watery eyes filled with love and desire that he paused and leaned closer.
"Whenever I am with you, wherever I am with you, that is my only destination."