BEcause of your black heart

Chapter 11

Raoul sat in the guest room, in a large armchair staring into the fire. He had a look of anger on his face that could scare away the devil. Erik walked into the room and stood beside the chair.

“Monsieur?” he said to Raoul.

Raoul looked up and then shot up from his seat.

“What are you doing here?”

“I want to discuss what happened today.”

“What is there to discuss?”

“I want you to know that I love your cousin more then anything I’ve ever loved in my life. I want you to know that I would never hurt her and you needn’t worry about her when she is with me.”

“Needn’t worry? I needn’t worry about my little cousin falling for a murderer.”

Erik dropped his jaw but then closed it again.

“I didn’t kill anyone Raoul. You’re the only one who doesn’t seem to understand that.”

Raoul walked closer to him, getting really close to his face.

“You had a rope around my neck, didn’t you?”

Erik’s eyes widened and he smiled.

“I can’t believe what I am hearing. You say you’re afraid for the safety of your wife and of Amelia, but all you can think about is how I tried to kill you.”

Raoul stared at him in awe. What could have driven Erik to say that, I will never understand, but Raoul seemed to be a little less empathetic. He didn’t understand and never would.
Erik then walked out of the room and back to the dormitory where Meg and I were sleeping. He took my shoulder and nudged it gently. I rolled over and opened my eyes. I smiled up at him weakly.
“Hello.” I said to him. He smiled at me and motioned for the door with a simple movement of his head.

“Come with me.”

He led me downstairs to the banquet hall. We walked out the middle of the hall and looked deeply into each others eyes. I smiled awkwardly at him.

“What’s going on?” I asked him. he took both of my hands in his and brought them to his lips. He kissed them both and smiled at me.

“I love you so much Amelia.” He said to me. I smiled at him and laughed a bit.

“I love you too Erik.”

“I know that it won’t be easily accepted by some people, but I want to spend the rest of my life with you and you only.”

Then, he lowered himself down to one knee and held my left hand in his. He looked up at me with his beautiful green eyes. It was at that moment that I knew what he was doing. My heart stopped and I felt my throat dry out a bit.

“Amelia, will you be my wife? If you do I promise I will never stop loving you for the rest of my life. I will try my best to make you the happiest woman in the world.
I smiled the biggest smile I could at him and started to cry a bit.

“Oh Erik… you already have.” I said. “I do.”

He then smiled at me and rose up fast, picking me up on the way. he lifted me up to meet his eyes and kissed me long a deep. I saw tears rolling down his cheeks just like mine.

“I love you Erik.” I said. But then my smile vanished as I saw Christine peeking around the corner, staring at us in awe.

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i know the last couple have been short, but trust me, its just getting good...