Chapter 794 - THE DAY OF THE CEREMONY (7)

"Serefina," Kace called her name when he spotted the red haired witch, standing absentmindedly on the river bank, staring with an unfaltering dull gaze at the crater that she had created a few moments ago.

Kace and Hope ran toward the witch. However, it seemed she didn't even realize that they were coming toward her.

"Serefina, are you okay?" Hope touched her sleeves cautiously. In her whole nineteen years of this life, she had never seen Serefina like this. She was akin to someone who lost their soul. She stood there as if a lifeless doll which made the hearts of people looking at her tremble with agony.

As of that moment, the four bells rang through the entire city, indicating that the queen had entered the throne room to unite with the king.

"It's really over… it's really over now…" Serefina mumbled repeatedly in a devastating yet trembling tone.

"Go on," Keira slightly pushed her waist, so that Lilac could take another step forward to meet Jedrek. This slight push broke the spell between them. "Go to the king," she whispered again in an encouraging tone.

Lilac unconsciously moved her hand in an attempt to clutch the fabric as if she wanted to lift her dress, in order to save the gorgeous material from getting wet, but Keira stopped her hand. Lilac seemed to forget that both of her hands were busy, holding something in all her nervousness.

"Let the dress drag in the water. It's a symbolic which indicates unity and acceptance," Keira said prompting Lilac to let go of the soft fabric. Lilac abandoned the thought of saving her dress from getting wet and took a deep breath to calm herself down.

Lilac ever so slowly stepped into the pool of water with her heart hammering in her ribcage. Immediately, she felt several gazes piercing into her. And, as soon as she stepped in, the soft white material soaked into the cold water, restraining Lilac's movements and slowing her pace even more.

Lilac was completely unnerved, as a constant thought that all the people present were watching her every move, kept resurfacing in her mind. She took one more deep breath to calm her racing heartbeat and continued to take one small step after one toward Jedrek, who was staring at her through her entire walk.

Jedrek outstretched his hand toward Lilac, as soon she reached an arm's distance from him and a reverent silence fell upon the already quiet room.

They watched their king and queen solemnly when they joined in the middle of the room in Lilac's way to go to the throne.

Lilac felt her heart skip a noticeable bit when she watched Jedrek's outstretched hand in front of her without blinking her eyes. When keira noticed that their queen was stunned silly in front of her very own mate, she nudged Lilac forcing her to realize what was going on here.

Lilac threw a grateful glance at keira and pushed the goblet of red wine in her left hand into keira's hands. Afterward, Lilac turned around to face Jedrek and accepted his hand. And, together they walked toward their thrones.

The moment their fingers intertwined, Lilac let out a silent breath of relief and became more relaxed when she finally felt that she wouldn't be alone.

Jedrek's hold was steady and it gave Lilac a calming sense of courage.

However, Jedrek didn't led her all the way to the royal seat, they stopped right below the steps and he turned around so that they could stand face to face.

Meanwhile, Torak stepped down from the steps along with Eaton and Sebastian. The three of them made a circle around the king and queen.

Torak glanced at his mate over his shoulder when he turned around and faced the couple. He took both of their hands and with a white ribbon that he was holding, he tied them; left hand of Lilac to Jedrek's right hand.

"Lilac, do you promise to be just and put the needs of your people before your own?" Torak asked, looking at the sweet guardian angel that soon to be the queen of this realm, just like how Diana had been.

"Yes," Lilac replied in a soft voice. In this quiet room, the sound of it was very clear and pure.

Jedrek noticed that Lilac was beyond nervous when her fingers dug deep into the skin of his hand-back. She was terrified of making a complete fool of herself and ruining the tranquility of the sacred ceremony.

"Lilac, do you promise to devote yourself to your mate and to the moon goddess until your final day in this realm?" Torak questioned her again.

This was the line that Torak had to ask and the duty that he had as Jedrek's brother. If Kace was here, he should have been the four person, who witnessed this union together with Eaton and Sebastian, yet he had chose to be somewhere else.

However, it seemed both Jedrek and Torak knew where he was.

"Lilac do you promise to devote yourself to your mate and to the moon goddess until your final day in this realm?"

"Yes," Lilac replied. Her black eyes stared straight into the blue eyes of her mate in front of her and it seemed that she didn't have any intention to avert them and likewise.

The spark that Jedrek felt between them when he touched her skin was one of many things that he cherished of being with his mate.

But, that feeling even couldn't be compared when every time Lilac said 'yes' in her angelic voice to every Torak's question.

His heart trembled just from hearing her acceptance.

He didn't know when he started to feel this way toward Lilac. Was it through the one year that he had put her into a deep sleep? Or, was it when she fiercely voiced out her thoughts whenever she felt Jedrek made a wrong decision?

Or, was it when Lilac said he could choose Serefina over her with sincerity in her voice, though Jedrek had killed her in the past. That was the most outrageous decision that he had ever made, out of countless brutal actions that he had done.

He was thrilled with the very fact that their fate was sealed together for the eternity, that the graceful, kind and strong hearted woman before his eyes would be his.

"Lilac, do you accept this role along with the blessing to become queen and to be sealed to your mate for eternity?"

This time Lilac didn't answer Torak immediately, she stared at Jedrek and this made the latter worry.

To be sealed as his mate and the queen in this realm… yet, at this moment Jedrek remembered all the things that he had done to her.

Everything flashed before his eyes and he questioned himself; did he deserve to get her devotion and love?

As silly as it sounded, Jedrek didn't want her to reject him.

Not at a time like this, when he realized his feelings for her. Perhaps, it was because of the tranquility that surrounded them, or maybe it was only his genuine feelings for her, but at this particular moment of time, all he wanted was to make Lilac as his.

But, the guardian angel didn't say a word until a beautiful and pure smile bloomed on her cherry lips.

"Yes," she emphasized her words, chased away Jedrek's fear of losing her when all he needed now was her.