The Demon’s Bride

Elise can't put her fingers to the situation. In a blink, once she had closed her eyes only to open and find herself where she was, in the highest spot of the castle. The distance to the ground wasn't too far compared to the cliff but if she fall, for sure, her soul would be no more from her body.

"Elise," called Ian and Elise shifted her eyes to see how there was an intense look on Ian's eyes. "Wait there." Ian told her.

Ian had come out of his room after noticing how there was no heartbeat from the room of the girl who slept right bellow his room. Even though he normally sleep like a human, at most of time he didn't need the sleep which was why he woke up through the night. Ian recently found most beautiful melody was Elise's heartbeat but at one point, her heartbeat disappeared from bellow and instead appeared from above him.

When Ian went to the balcony, he saw Elise threading her path to the edge of the roof like the time they were walking on the cliff but this time she didn't have him who could save her from the dangerous situation.

Elise shook her head, her legs were trembling terribly that she was sure she wouldn't be able to keep her balance on the roof. "I will but my body is shaking..." drawled Elise and she stared at Ian, at the expression he made where his black brows had furrowed. Everything was happening so fast where their conversation happened in a span of second.

"Master Ian," Elise called his name, tears coming to her eyes as fear caught to thunder strike her, making her to stand still on the spot in fear. "This is a dream, isn't it?" asked Elise, still unable to wrap her mind that she was walking on the roof.

"Don't cry," came Ian's voice encouraging, "I will be there." His wings appeared from behind, fluttering to the wind which turned a black shadow to Elise's blue eyes just as she relaxed her chaotic nerves, from behind, she felt a push to her back.

Elise felt her body dive in a free fall motion where her head was the first to plunge down to the ground. She saw the roof where she stood at, to see how there was nothing there. Scared, Elise shut tight her eyes, better to see nothing before her death.

When she had fallen a quarter of the distance, in one swoop, Ian took her to his arms. His red eyes gouge down one her, somewhere the severe gaze he gave her frightened her who was still in fear. Ian saw the expression she made, on his hands, he could feel her body shaking and trembling.

He schooled down his expression, the severe look was made not to frightened her and even though he was trying to frightened her and show that he wasn't a human, Ian wouldn't like to see her having tears dripping from the corner of her eyes either.

The wings flapped, enter the balcony, Ian went inside to bring Elise to his room. After placing her to the couch, he closed the window where cold wind blew everything which was weightless and brought a candle stick, placing it at the table in front of the cushioned seat where Elise sat on, flame appeared to the top of the candle.

"Are you alright?" Ian asked her, his long legs stood to have one bend to the ground. He crouched in front of Elise, and his red eyes reading her expression. Her beautiful face looked pale in color, her lips were quivering.

Only concern was on his words, there was more questions he would want to ask Elise on how she could arrive on the roof in a span of seconds; but Elise's safety was his priority.

Ian took her hand that was clutching to her nightgown, bringing it closer and Elise saw his eyes staring at her fingers. "You are quivering like a leaf," remarked Ian.

The errant panic still hadn't left Elise's body. Her heart was thumping like a drum where it was loud and fast. Elise could still see Ian's black wings on his back which was gathered together in the middle as if to rest. She huffed her breaths from her lungs that was running out of air after she had fallen from the roof.

Elise didn't jump off the roof by chance and it confuses her. The moment she waited for Ian, suddenly she felt a push on her back but as she fell, Elise didn't see anyone behind her.

"I think I am fine," replied Elise. Psychically she was fine but her internally, she was a mess. The fear was still on her fingertips where she could feel her heart thumping running amuck in her chest.

"Think isn't a good word. Do you need a water?" asked Ian and Elise shook her head to reject his offer but the man walked to where the jug was place and brought a glass to her side. By time, his wings had disappeared when Elise note on his back the second time. She didn't witness when it happened.

Taking the glass to her hands, Elise whispered, "thank you." On her words, Ian smiled at her.

"How did you get there?" Ian asked her, his body had moved to the cupboard where the jug was placed, his body leaning. His gaze pierce to Elise. "I thought I have never assigned anyone to work late at night on the roof, to search for early death. Were you fixing it?" came the sarcastic question.

"I-I don't know what happened..." Elise furrowed her brows, her red hair were now ruffled all over the places, "I was dreaming and when I opened my eyes, my feet was already on the roof." recalling what happened, Elise shuddered in chill. Did she sleepwalked to the roof but she never know how to climb to the roof. It was hard to think that in her sleep conscious mind, she had climbed to the roof.

"You sleep walked like last time," Ian asserted and came the grin on the corner of his lips, "Doesn't this just give me more reasons to put you in my room under my surveillance?"

His words managed to make Elise to blush even when she had just been in a terrible plight.

"I like my room," said Elise. A man and a woman sleeping together never bring any good words from other's words. She didn't feel it was right for her to sleep with Master Ian either when she love him. Especially a man and a woman in one bedroom, if it was in her town, the woman would be pull in the middle of the town where rotten vegetable or spoiled eggs would be thrown to them by the townsfolk, in order to stop people from doing things that were seen as unholy when they haven't married yet.

"That isn't my question but I'm glad to hear that you like your room, I prepared the room a long time ago so you would like it. Fortunately it did," Ian smiled to her which did the effect for Elise's cheeks to turn warm.

"It is a very warm room," continued Elise and her eyes suddenly turned clear at Ian, "Master Ian, how long have you prepared the room for me?" Elise asked because from his words it felt as if he had cleaned the room for a very long time, leaving it empty specially for her.

Ian applaud Elise's sharpness where his smile turned to a smirk.

The next chapter is in an half of hour~