SILVER-HEART
Chapter 183: The Passing Of The Elves

Chapter 183: The Passing Of The Elves

I heard a delicate singing, laced with Elven language and then the most beautiful of tunes, enough to bring warmth to my heart. Enough to calm the storm in my head, a particular tone I was given the privilege to listen to for 6 months, a voice that has helped me sleep.

"Adina"

"This is the last time your highness"

At her voice, I slowly opened my eyes and found the beauty before me, graced with her slightly tanned skin, midnight hair, and soft hazels.

I smiled upon seeing her. "I told you not to call me your highness anymore"

She giggled. "Well just this once... your highness"

She took my hand. "I wish I could be here and hear more of your stories, the last 6 months we spent together catering for Estel was a dream come true. I love the stories you tell of the library. Of your husband who is as cold as the winter but still warm, Severus who is one who always smiles, Elvenia who always keeps a stoic expression, and of course little Sophia" She subconsciously gave my hand a gentle squeeze.

I have told her many stories about the library whenever I wanted to take my mind off things, and she always listens in awe as I explained the Holy Library to her. We were closer in that period of 6 months and she was my guiding light at that dark hour when I wanted to lose all hope.

"I wish I could have met them"

I placed my hand on hers. "You can"

She gave me a sad smile. "You probably don’t remember, I guess you sleep too deeply that you forget"

"What?"

She giggles, rising to her feet.

"Adina?"

What was this unexplainable ache in my chest?

"Your Highness, thank you..." she began. "Because of you, we can finally rest in peace, ha... William Darkmore has my deepest thanks too, he saved us"

"What are you-" I paused as my eyes went wide watching as Adina walked to stand with the other elves that suddenly appeared.

"Because of Aldon now trapped in the Underworld, our souls can finally rest"

And then it came back, the memories, Adina’s death, Estel almost getting killed and William coming to save us and trapping Aldon in the Underground.

"Ha... now you remember don’t you"

Tears instantly gushed out of my eyes nonstop as I covered my mouth with both hands and broke into endless tears.

"It was an honor to have you as our princess," Adina said as she and the rest of them bowed their heads to me.

My eyes caught my mother and father smiling sadly at me.

"I wish you all the happiness, my child," my mother said.

"Rest now... your burden is over," My father said.

And then they vanished before my eyes in shiny lights one by one and I cried more.

"Do not cry, Ava..." Adina said with the brightest smile. "With the last of my voice, I gift you back your ability to sleep... it’s the least I can do"

"Adina!"

And just before my eyes, the Elven tribe I once knew and called family found their peace after centuries of torment. A torment I bestowed on them.

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"Ava"

"Ava"

"Ava"

A voice was calling me dragging me out of my deep slumber, a voice that was able to bring me out of the darkness and drown me in his. I stirred when I felt his palm on my cheeks, and his thumb wiping the tears I was clearly shedding and that was when I opened my eyes.

"William," I sobbed. "This is not a dream is it?"

I was scared it was... and I would wake up in that tower and Aldon would torment me once again. I would give anything to remain in this dream, as long as I was here with him.

"No" his answer was shaky and then I was pulled in his embrace and his arms wrapped around me tightly and his body quivered. He squeezed me more into his body and I didn’t mind because I was doing just the same.

My hand gripped the material of his shirt so tightly I was scared he might disappear and then I broke in full-blown tears again, crying my heart into his chest like a child and William did nothing but hold me all through.

I cried and cried until I was certain there were no more tears to spare and I suddenly felt weak to the point I drifted off to sleep much to my disagreement. The next time I opened my eyes I was in William’s arms.

It felt like a dream... to be in his arms, it felt too good to be true to the point my heart ached and tears were already sliding down my cheeks.

Sensing I was awake, William tilted his head down to me, and I stared at the blindfold covering his eyes. His thumb gently brushed my cheeks.

"If you keep crying Ava, then what will I do with myself?"

I said nothing as I buried my face in his chest and sobbed deeply. I just wanted to savor this moment, to hear him call me Ava again... to hear his voice and not be here as a spirit but with my actual body, it felt like a dream come true.

An impossible dream... yet here I am.

"You have to rest, Ava"

I knew he was urging me to go back to sleep but I didn’t want to, I wanted to be active and feel every inch of him. His soft touch against my cheek, his body giving off a warm aura to keep me away from the cold, the closure of his body I never thought I would ever experience again.

It was like feeling everything for the first time again once again.

I felt his hand pull some strand of my amber hair behind my pointy ear and I finally landed my eyes on him.

"My sweet Ava"

My heart melted and I was on the verge of tears again but I fought every ounce of it. William leaned to me and claimed my lips in a passionate kiss that took all my worries away. And yet the tears still slid down from the corner of my closed eyes as I reveled in the thrill of having his lips on me, our mouths dancing like twin flames as it got eager and heated.

I want to be consumed by him... so that I may imprint it. I was still scared I would disappear from his arms again.

My hand slid through his face and then felt the blindfold and I parted from him.

"Why are you wearing a blindfold?"