45 Auriel and Xaphan

Sarael turned around to see who it was. On finding who it was she was stunned. Seeing her astonishment, Samael chuckled as if he was expecting her.

"Welcome to the neitherworld. My daughter-in-law." He welcomed her happily as if he was excited about seeing her. Sarael looked around her on the hearing of the neitherworld.

The place where people from both hell and heaven can meet. They coexist there together.

Sarael saw a group of butterflies flying together, a few of them were colorful showing the best colors of them while others looked dull and greyish with no colors or few colorful spots. Same with everything, flowers and other things. Sarael gradually forwards her hand to try touching the butterflies but as soon her skin touches a dull butterfly, it instantly turns into ash and the wind takes the ash with it.

"Surprised?" Samael raised a brow and inquired. Sarael turns her focus back to him. She still had a lot of questions in her mind.

Samuel already understood from her looks, "You are brought here to be given a choice." Samuel told her before she could ask him any questions.

But Sarael was too confused with everything that she didn't know from where to start asking. Neither World? Is she sure she is just not dreaming? She looked up at Samuel who was helping an injured butterfly that fell on the ground.

He looked back at her this time his eyes shone ash grey. Sarael took a step back on seeing his eye colors. As if suddenly she knows everything. The unanswered question answers themselves.

'The curse will rewrite again which they both get destined again. Their faiths are doomed to create havoc but still, their body and souls will be intertwined. '

Those words continuously echoed in her ears, making her go crazy. She held her ears to stop those words but it didn't work. Her breathing started to become heavy, her forehead completely covered in sweat.

Seeing her struggling with herself like that made him sure it was her, no one else. The ill-fated fairytale was going to repeat itself and they can only help it to end faster. The forbidden love between two beings who were never meant to be together.

The infamous fairytale of two loved ones still ran down through generations but who have thought that one day his son will be the reincarnation of that person.

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Once upon a time when hell and heaven still hated each other, they were forbidden to meet each other.

Auriel was one of the angels that inhabited heaven, she was always told hell only had bad people but curious nature wanted to know if it was true. Auriel sneaked out one night on her eighteen birthday to get answers to her curiosity.

She arrived at the neitherworld, a place where both hell and heaven come but because of the riot, tranquility surrounded the place. The peacefulness made her whole body relax, she was happy she listened to her heart and visited the place. She would have missed a lot of fun if she had listened to others instead of her heart.

She walked up to a cliff looking at the abode of clouds. Throwing out her hands-free she let the cold air embracing her warm body.

"I am the first person here," Auriel shouted out from the top of her lungs thinking there was no one to hear her. Unknown to her, a guy lay on the colorless grass, peacefully resting as the cold air brushed through his silver locks.

When the voice of Auriel landed on his ears, he couldn't help himself from looking in the direction from where the voice came.

His eyes landed at the young maiden that stood at the end of the cliff. Her long blonde hair danced freely with the cold wind.

Xaphan couldn't take his eyes from her, it was the first time he saw her and a tingling sensation ran through his whole body as if he got electrocuted.

His heart only said one thing, "Make her yours." The urge of making her own was greater than his will. He smirked, "looks like I need to listen to you." He whispered to himself holding the left side of his chest. He bit his lower lips before getting up and walking towards her.

Ariel was too busy enjoying her view that she didn't notice the incoming danger. Xaphan slowly prowls towards her before wrapping his arms around her waist tightly; not having any intention to let go.

Ariel was shocked by the sudden grabbing, she struggled to break free from his grip. She was scared and nervous, unaware of who dared to hold her like that but she also knew that even devils can come to this place which made her more scared. She tried to look at the person through her peripheral vision.

She was astounded by his face. She was sure he was not a devil.