Angel Knight (On Hold)

Chapter 22

Bert came through the observatory door, followed by a women dressed in a wedding gown and her face covered with a vail. Raum came in and closed the door behind.
As soon as he entered he smirked in my direction and snaped his fingers. The roof of the observatory opened revealing the thousands of bright stars shining in the sky. But the crown of the night was tonight's full moon as we were on a height, I could see the moon up close. It felt like the moon was very close, even though it was far away.

I noticed that Raum was dressed as a priest, seriously for a demon he has choosen a completely wrong occupation.

"Brother today, for this very moment you can't even imagine how long I've waited.'' Bert said, he was holding the bride's hand. He directed her towards the isle and looked at me.
"I have also waited for you to witness this moment. Lets get along from today, Lacie.'' He smiled at me and I felt the chills down my spine.
What was up with this whole situation. Were we here just to watch Bert's wedding? That is in so many ways sounds unlike him, living with him all these years I knew he never had a girlfriend. Who was that person? It even comes as a surprise that he is even capable of loving someone.
Raum was looking at me he was anxiously waiting for something.

And I soon knew what it was, when Bert asked the women to take off her vail, my eyes widened with shock, goosebums rose on my hands and my heart began beating faster.
A tear escaped my eye as I bearly managed to speak, ''m..mom''.
The lady standing with Bert was my mother, but... but how was that possible, my mother is supposed to be dead!

"Elise'' Bert's brother said, he had the same expression on his face as mine. "Wha... what are you.... how is it.... you died... was it a lie?''

"No'' I said, ''she died in front of me.'' What the hell was going on?

We were both looking at my mother but she didn't say anything. She only returned blank gaze to our looks. No one spoke for god knows how long.

"Hey.. hey Elise you say something, do you remember me? Hey, look after all these years we finally meet again. Look how much our daughter has grown. HEY! Say something damn it!'' Bert's brother said, it put me under more confusion. Daughter? Is he...

"Hun..hu..n...gry... hun..gry'' my mother finally spoke, looking at Bert tugging at his sleeves.
"Yes dear, in a moment. I would like to explain things to your former husband and your daughter. More than explaining it's just bragging about our love but I want them to know, how hard I've worked to obtain you, and besides this is going to be the last day of their lives.''
He kissed the back of her hand and looked at us. By this time Raum had made his way towards me, he placed his hand firmly on my shoulder as if stopping me from moving or doing anything to his master.
He slowly whispered in my ear, ''You better pay attention to his story. I also am playing main role in it.''

"Oh! Lets begin!'' Bert said and began the long long story of his which brought dispair.

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(Bert's POV)

That summer, I fell in love with a girl. She was kind and honest and had a very cheerful personality. It was during the time of high school when we met. At that time I couldn't do anything, even though I only had a crush on her in the beginning. So I kept my distance from her, cause she was my brother's girlfriend. I wouldn't want to get in their way.

I was only happy getting along with her, she usually spent the whole day after school tutoring my brother. I also spent my time with them, without realizing that slowly I was always waiting for her to come home so that I could spend time with her. Sometimes I wished that my brother wasn't home and would just leave us alone.

These feelings grew stronger with time and became harder to control. At first I thought that after a few months my brother would break up with her as he usually did with most of his girlfriends. But he didn't! Instead he asked her to marry him! He proposed to her after they graduated. The nerve of that guy. How dare he ask the girl I love to marry him?