Love in Darkness

Chapter 9: Different path

Selena accidentally looks at the crowd gathered outside the garden fence and a man had caught her attention. He is wearing a white polo shirt and baggy pants. He is also wearing a conical hat so his face is almost cannot be seen. But Selena could still see the face of the man, the man he misses. It was Eon. Selena could no longer refrain her self from crying as she sees the man she loves among the crowds, watching her getting married to someone else.

No one can see Selena's tears because of the veil. Selena's heart is breaking. She thought of being a runaway bride and be with Eon but her parents are holding both of her arms. The orchestra starts to play a wedding melody. Selena could not move. She could only stare at the carpet - deciding if she will walk and looks again at Eon - deciding if she would run away.

"Selena?" Her mother calls out to her when she notices her daughter has no intention of moving. "Snap out of it and walk with us in the aisle."

Selena could not stop crying. On the other hand, Magnus' smile disappears when his bride takes a long time to walk the aisle. People are starting to talk, asking what is happening. He signals Selena's father to make her move. Tony panics when he got that 'do not make me wait any longer' look.

"If you do not move, I will drag your mother out of here, and what you see last time would be worst." Selena could not believe that her father just threatened her with his wife.

Selena looks at her father with hatred and shoves her father's hands. "You do not deserve to walk me. I am not your daughter and you are not my father." Her mother gasps while her father is dumbfounded. She then walks the aisle. While walking, she takes a look at Eon one last time. Selena smiles at him with tears in her eyes. She continues her way to the groom and joins him in the mini altar.

The ceremony started. Magnus' smile is visible when he delivers his vows and puts the ring on Selena's ring finger. Selena, on the other hand, keeps her serious face and without saying anything, she just puts the ring on Magnus'. People start to murmur. Magnus then takes Selena's veil off. The priest has not yet declared the statement 'You may now kiss the bride.' but Magnus already kisses Selena on the lips. Selena's eyes widen. She tries to push Magnus away without the audience noticing. Magnus pulls away and faces everyone with a smile.

While everyone is cheering for them being newlyweds, Selena looks around and could no longer see Eon. Sadness came flooding into her system. She just wishes that everything would be over so that she could lock herself in her room.

As for Eon, he returns to the forest with a broken heart. He recalls what happened this morning. It was hard for him to decide if he was going to see Selena again. It was dawn when Eon woke up. He even convinced himself that everything that had happened was just a dream but as he holds his chest where his heart is, the pain was there. Eon was just sitting in the shed, staring at nothing.

"What should I do? I can't lose her. She is the only one I have." Eon mumbles to himself. "Doesn't she love me anymore?"

Eon suddenly stands up. "No! She loves me. I am going to get her. I know she does not want to marry some guy she just met. Maybe her parents are forcing her." That thought made Eon's body boils with determination and confidence.

It was still early so Eon sneakily goes to a nearby house in the village and steal some clothes. He then returns to the forest, dressing himself up so that he could blend with the humans. Eon had no idea where to find Selena so he saw people gathered in the venue of the wedding, he approached them to ask. The crowd is busy talking that they did not notice him. He is about to call the old man in front of him when notices a lady wearing a very white gown. Even though the lady's face is covered with the veil, he could tell that it was the woman he loves.