SILVER-HEART
Chapter 147: Giggles

Chapter 147: Giggles

A/N: Song For The Background ~ Flight Of The Inner Bird By Yekezkel Raz

☆Soft Giggles☆

At the sudden foreign sound, I flicked my eyes open, forgetting what I was about to do instantly. For the mere sound of giggle echoed around the lobby. I looked around in an attempt to find it but I couldn’t.

Where is it coming from?

Suddenly I felt someone pass me, running into my peripheral vision and I stilled when I saw bouncing amber hair, waving back and forth, long and reaching her tiny feet, her hold on her gown raising as she ran in slow motion. I was instantly captivated by this little creature, I did not know why but I wanted to keep hearing her giggles, and so I took a step forward, swiftly following the giggling girl.

It felt like she was calling me, although it sounded like she was having a heartfelt run, she was happy as if someone was chasing her in a game, but when I looked behind me I saw no one.

Who was meant to be chasing her?

I followed her all the way from the lobby into the garden as she kept running, I was unable to keep up for I was still running and so I raised my gown and chased after her, her giggles becoming the loudest and before I knew it I found myself smiling, I did not know why but that single sound from her was just so uplifting, it was childlike, full of happiness, happiness that weighed in my very heart and it felt like it would explode.

But my smile suddenly fell when she was nowhere to be seen, I didn’t know why but I became worried, looking around the woods of tall trees in a spin.

Where is she?

☆Soft Giggles☆

I caught the sound but I still couldn’t spot her, it echoed in the whole area and the birds were taking flight away from the trees, distracting me.

☆Soft Giggles☆

It came again and I made sure to focus and that was when I saw her again, her little bare feet running, and I dash after her, panting, with a smile on my lips, taking hitching breath like I could actually feel the fatigue of the run getting to me, even though this was just in my subconsciousness.

It felt liberating as I ran, it got my heart speeding so fast and I wanted so badly to catch her, her soft giggles were an endorsement to my ears, almost like I derived happiness just from hearing her laughter.

Instantly I came to a stop because I spotted her a few distances away from me, but she was no longer running, just standing with her back facing me. The wind gushed in as my heart pounded because that was when she gradually turned to me, the wind carrying her long amber hair in slow motion, and she fully faced me with a swirl jumping up and down like she was excited.

My heart instantly stopped when I took in her features

Even as she prided herself in jumping, I took in everything, she’s beautiful, stunning, petite, and extraordinary, skin so light like the snow itself, freckles plastered on her face adding to her cuteness, her smile so wide showing her teeth and her eyes, gods her eyes!

The softest mixture of green and vermillion, the vermillion color so prominent and the green swirled within them like magic, crystal looking and breathtaking. She is magic, she is a pure definition of magic.

☆

I gasped awakening... as reality finally came back to me, and for a minute my brain hit a jam and I was unable to remember anything.

"Thank the gods, you’re awake!" Aldon said shooting from his seat and it came back to me like a nightmare, the sensation of his hand wrapped around my neck, and how I silently begged him to stop but he didn’t, he kept going until he strangled me to death.

In panic and pure fear, I shifted away from his touch when he reached for me, almost like he was a disease.

"Come on Aveline," he said softly and sat on the bed and watched me with worried eyes. "I won’t hurt you"

His voice was soothing, totally different from the emotionless one I heard the moment he had his hand on me. The look in his silver eyes was like a wave of horror but now he looked at me like he always did, in love and adoration.

Did I hallucinate the whole thing?

"Aveline"

I darted my trembling gaze at him. "I was worried" he took my hand and I wanted to yank it away but his grip was too tight, if he could have our hands merged together he would.

"Look..." he began and I saw pain and regret in his eyes. "I’m sorry for the way I acted, I cherish your life more than mine, you know that" he stroked his thumb on my hand and chills kept finding their way to my body.

"I did that so that you would understand why death cannot take you, you needed to know"

I didn’t hallucinate any of it.

"Y-You strangled me to d-death" I couldn’t even speak properly because I was too shaky.

He smiled. "But you came back to me" he cupped my cheek and I wanted to vanish away from his hold. "You will always come back to me, you and I are destined for each other, chosen by fate itself" he suddenly pulled me into a tight embrace and terror shook through me and yet he held me like it was the last thing on earth.

"My Star, you’re my absoluteness" he ran his hand up and down my head, it should be a soothing action but with every movement, it felt like my skin would jump away from my body.

He pulled away and our faces were inches apart, he closed the distance but I knew he would kiss me so I turned my head but his grip on my chin caused me to whimper as he forced my lips to his.

Silent tears streamed down my cheeks, and his mouth roamed on mine hungrily, but I felt nothing, just cold and stiff.

He pulled away. "You shouldn’t push me away Aveline, we’re bound together" he stroked my cheeks. "And I will have you completely because it is meant to be" he smiles.

"Our Union Ceremony will happen tomorrow and our eternity will begin, do you not want that Aveline? You have always wanted that"

I only nod, unable to find my voice, afraid of what he might do, because his eyes held something heavy, something I haven’t seen until now.

His smile broadened and he wiped my tears before letting me go, "Sleep my love, you must be exhausted, we have a big day ahead of us tomorrow" he placed a quick kiss on my lips before leaving.