NOELLE'S POV,
After the bath, I feel kind of exhausted and we decide to call it a night. The bed feels soft and warm, and I immediately yawn because sleep falls over me. I cuddle up to Gabriel and let him spoon me from behind. I feel warm, safe, and loved laying in his arms and within minutes I fall asleep.I wake up in the middle of the night because I feel something hard against my butt. I slowly wake up to the tingling sensation of Gabriel's hands going over my body. I open my eyes and feel Gabriel's warm breath against my neck. He leaves a trail of soft kisses on my neck that sends shivers down my spine. Gabriel pulls me closer and whispers hoarsely, "You are so sexy Noelle, I couldn't keep my hands off you."I gasp a bit when he then softly bites my ear and lets his fingers go over my hipbone to my thighs. He then puts his fingers between my legs and circles them around slowly for a while. I can feel his excitement pulsating against my butt which makes me want toGABRIEL'S POV,Gabriel walks out of the glass cabin and sees a shimmer of blue and gold approach. "IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE," Dagahra and Thorn shriek while they land in front of him.Noelle runs out and strokes Thorns his massive head before climbing on his back and taking off. Gabriel shakes his head with laughter because it is never a slow pace with his wife. He looks into Dagahra her orange eyes and strokes her neck before climbing on her back, "Let's go after those show-offs’ girl."With a big shriek, Dagahra takes off and shoots after Thorn and Noelle. Thorn seems to have slowed down because he is looking at the shimmering snowflakes that start to fall down the clouds. Dagahra quickly flies past him and takes the lead. "Let's go to the lake," Gabriel tells Dagahra.He can hear Thorn and Noelle coming behind him and when they catch up Thorn keeps bopping Dagahra with his snout on her side. "What does he want?" Dagahra asks annoyed in
NOELLE'S POV,The next morning Gabriel and I go back to the center of Liberum. We have had amazing days together and I feel light and happy for now. We find our friends in the meeting room where I first met them. When we walk in Holly immediately runs to us excited, "How was it, guys? Ow never mind I can already see it on the glowing look on both your faces."I give her a hug and laugh, "It was amazing just what we needed."The rest all smiles at us feeling happy because we are happy. I walk to Nolan who still looks like he has been crushed by a massive rock. I put my hand on his shoulder and asks softly, "How are you feeling?"Nolan puts his hand on mine and answers, "I am alright considering the circumstances."He stares out of the window, "Being so close to death makes you think though about what is important in life."He looks at Holly for a second and a shimmer of pain and regret falls over his eyes. Holly notices his look and seems uncomfort
GABRIELS POV,After Noelle disappeared from his sight Gabriel stood there for a while just feeling empty and sad. It seemed he only got such a short amount of time to share his love with Noelle. But he must keep faith that this is not the end, and they will get to spend much more time together. He takes a deep sigh and goes inside to pack his bag. He already said goodbye to Dagahra and the rest so there is nothing left for him to do. He meets Julias at the square and together they walk out of Liberum. He glances over his shoulder one last time and hopes with all his heart that he will see his beloved city again. Zeus decided it would detect the least attention to walk so he and Julias have a 3-day walk ahead. Julias stays silent for most of the time, but Gabriel doesn't mind. He has a lot on his mind at the moment so some peace and quiet is just what he needs.After a few hours walking they decide to call it a night and set up a camp. Gabriel disappears into his own
JULIAS POV,Gabriel storms out of the room and Julias quickly goes after him. Finally, something is happening he thinks. He still doesn't know what to think about Gabriel. He wants to believe Noelle, but Gabriel played the assassin role so convincing. So, he is either a great liar or there is a part of him that represents that version. He must stop thinking about it though because they arrive at the guard of the castle again.The guards immediately get annoyed when they see Gabriel but before they can say anything Gabriel has touched them lightly with some electricity and they fall to the side unconscious.Gabriel walks past them without slowing down his pace and Julias hurries after him looking at the guards with big eyes. That was almost too easy. They walk into the castle and every guard that tries to stop them shares the same fate. They find lord Midas eventually in a big hall where he is eating and drinking while watching some barely clothed women dance. Th
GABRIELS POV,When they are walking to the Inn to pack their stuff Julias says, "That guy Javier gives me the creeps."Gabriel nods, "Yes there is something very dark inside that guy. I noticed a certain blonde lady didn't give you the creeps though. You were looking like you had just seen an angel."Julias gets a dreamy look on his face, "Ow man she was an angel. She must be the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. It was like no one else was in the room when she walked in."Gabriel smiles, "That's how I feel about Noelle."Julias stands still and looks at him with a sincere look for the first time, "I can see that you love each other. I am sorry that I keep judging you from your past. We all had to make some tough decisions in that time."Gabriel squeezes Julias his shoulder, "It's alright we will probably have to make some more tough decisions soon. By the way, great thinking to mention what happened to the Sea Realm when they stayed neutral. That
JULIAS POV,It is too dangerous to talk about what just happened in the palace so Julias and Gabriel both go separate ways after the talk with Lord Midas. Julias goes to his room and when he lays in bed, he is still stunned by what happened. How can they be so stupid and ignorant and best of all trying to make a deal with Hades? That is just asking for trouble. Julias feels bad for all the people that must suffer the consequences of such a clueless leader. It takes him a long time to fall asleep and he wakes up the next morning with a big headache.It is still very early when he decides to go have some breakfast but to his surprise, Luna is there as well. He immediately feels nervous and tries to be relaxed when he walks to her."Hello, my name is Julias. I don't think we have met before."Luna looks up at him with her big blue eyes and studies him before answering, "Nice to meet you Julias, my name is Luna. I am Lord Midas his daughter. Who are you?"She ho
GABRIELS POV,For the last 2 days, Gabriel has been busy getting to know the city and its people. It is clear to him that there is a big difference between the poor and the rich. Unfortunately, everyone seems to be too scared to talk to him. He will have to talk to Angus tonight and figure out a strategy to learn more about what the people of Dandion actually think. He puts on some decent clothes for the dinner because Lord Midas has a dinner for the nobility of Dandion. Gabriel looks in the mirror and sighs, his eyes seem sad and not vibrant like normal. He really misses Noelle so much that it hurts.It is hard to concentrate on his task here when all he can think of is his beautiful wife. He wants to know if she is okay and what she is doing right now. If only he could send her a mind message. Just hearing her sweet voice would already make him feel so much better. He takes another look in the mirror and sighs again, it is time to man up and focus. He straightens his pos
GABRIELS POV,Gabriel hurries out of the castle, but he walks through the city first making sure no one is following him before heading to the Inn. When he walks into the Inn, Angus is already there. Gabriel looks around and the whole Inn is filled with people. Angus notices him coming in and nods to someone at the door, who locks it.Angus stands on a table in the middle and scrapes his throat, "Welcome everyone, I called you here because you all represent parts of Dandion. With the disappearances and murders going on I felt it was time to inform you of something. I am here without permission of Lord Midas, and he will not agree with what I am about to tell you. I have been to the Sea Realm a few days ago and saw with my own eyes what Hades has done to it. There is not a building, or a living soul left. The Sea Realm is destroyed. You have been told that you are not in danger of the war with Hades, but this is false information. We are all in danger and the disappea
NOELLE’S POV,“Are you ready?” I ask Gabriel.He puts on his jacket and gives me a kiss, “Yes darling, where are the kids?”“Probably at the school saying goodbye to their friends,” I answer.We walk towards the school together and I feel grateful when I think about the number of people that go there today. In the first years after the war, not many people came to Liberum to learn about magic. But with the years of peace growing so did people’s trust and I am happy to say that Liberum is now known as a place of magic and wonders. More and more children with gifts get born every day and it is great to see diversity spread.At the school, we find our 2 daughters surrounded by friends. Fiona our second child is showing off with balls of fire that she is juggling in the air. With her red hair and icy blue eyes, she is a perfect mix of me and Gabriel. However her feisty attitude she solely got
NOELLE'S POV,It is a few hours later and bells are ringing through the city to announce the beginning of the funerals for all the lost lives. At first, we wanted to make a burning woodpile for every single body but then we decided it would be more meaningful to send everyone off on small plateaus at the lake that leads to the sea in Dandion. Everyone worked together the last couple of hours to make floating plateaus for all the bodies.I leave the castle to go to the lake with Gabriel. Everywhere I go people look at me with big eyes and they either bow or clap for me. I quickly gained the image of the heroine that saved the world in the hours that have passed. Tales of how I destroyed the army with magic spread and they even sound unbelievable to me while I know that I did it. I walk to the front of the lake where Luna, Holly, Julias, and Nolan are already waiting. The sun is shining and the only thing I hear is
NOELLE’S POV,While I am contemplating what to do with Hades, I hear running footsteps. Gabriel, Holly, and Faith come running towards me. Gabriel takes me in his arms and holds me tight, “I am so happy you are okay,” he says relieved.We all look down at Hades who is still fighting to get rid of the glowing roots. “What should we do with him?” I ask the rest.Holly looks at Hades full of hate, “You should give him a vision of something terrible and let him die thinking about that.”Gabriel coldly replies, “I have no problem with that.”Faith sounds determined when she says, “No. We can’t just kill him because he will find a way to come back. To be rid of him for good I must heal him and his evil.”We are all quiet when she walks to him and sits down at his head. For the first time I see fear in Hades his eyes and he screams, “No, No, No, not her! Just kill me."Faith put
NOELLE POV,I feel nothing when I explode the dark humans and demons in the tunnel with purple light. I walk outside the tunnel and notice the inner wall being breached. Purple light radiates off my whole body and I levitate myself above the castle. I must look like a bright purple star and people drop their weapons to look at me. I open up my mind to all creatures of the Under Realm and give them visions that they are being chased by their worst fear. The trick works effectively on the dark humans, and they all start running out of the inner part of the city screaming.My voice echoes through the city when I command my people and the dragons to hide inside buildings. I hold up my arms and call out to all the water in the city to obey me. Water starts to rise up from sewers and the small rivers. It all flows back to me and forms a big wall of water up into the sky. I put my hands forward and let a tsunami carry out the demons, stone giants, and fire creatures with full for
NOELLE’S POV,Gabriel immediately takes charge and gives an encouraging speech to the people. They all seem to realize that it is better to go down fighting for a better world than living in Hell. Everyone has a determined look in their eyes and seems to calmly be waiting for the doors to breach. I decide to take the small moment of peace to go look for Thorn. I find him looking much better and luckily Faith tells me she will be able to repair his wing, but he just needs rest.“I don’t need rest; I need to fight with you mistress!” Thorn says in my mind with a stubborn voice. I walk to him and give him a kiss on his snout, “You have protected me fiercely I couldn’t be prouder. Now I need you to take it easy so we can maybe live to fight another day.”Thorn follows me with grumpy eyes when I walk away but he obeys my command. I walk towards Luna who is talking with Zeus. Zeus seems very riled up making big movements with his ar
NOELLE’S POV,As soon as we fly over the wall it feels like I wound up in a storm. Fire and weapons fly around me. I see light and explosions everywhere and it is immediately complete chaos. I can feel the impact of every blow that lands on Thorns armor. I look around to find Hades but all I can see are demons, dark humans, and creatures of Hell. Hades must have put up some illusion so he and the 4 horsemen can stay out of sight and let the rest of the army do most of the fighting.I bite my lip in frustration because there goes my plan B to take out the most powerful play-ers to end the fight. I let Thorn burn demons and dark humans in the field with dragon fire, but I notice it gets heavier for him by the minute. I don’t know how much damage the armor can hold. Angels are dropping light bombs and fighting flying creatures in the air. I see many of the Under Realm army being blown up but every hole we make seems to be filled up with new soldiers just as
NOELLE’S POV,I hear Gabriel call my name somewhere in a distant place of my mind, but I can’t take my eyes off Hades. I stare at him and then I realize what is wrong, Donna is standing next to him, and she is also smiling at me. Shivers go through my body, and I want to scream to Ga-briel that something is wrong, but I can’t speak. The amulet around my neck starts to get warm and levitates me up in the air. It feels like something is trying to pull my insides out of me. I start screaming from pain and I can see purple light flowing out of me into Hades. I keep screaming until the pain stops and the last of the light flows out of me. I fall back into the ground hard and my body shakes from the impact.For some reason no one from Dandion seems to know what is going on because all around me is darkness. The only thing I can see is Hades and Donna smiling at me. Hades makes a tiny flame of purple fire in his hands and starts laughing.&ldquo
NOELLE’S POV,Everyone around me is looking pale and serious as the army comes closer and closer. The grounds seem to shake from all the marching soldiers and the war drums echo in my ears. They stop marching about 50 meters from the wall. The war drums become louder and they all start to shout battle screams in a language I don’t understand. Luna nods at a soldier on the wall and he walks towards a massive horn stationed on the wall. The horn blows a strong and vibrant call through the whole city. I can see everyone take their positions and with de-termined faces, they seem to say that they are ready for whatever comes at them.Then the war drums become silent and the front row of dark humans and soldiers starts run-ning to the wall. I can now see Donna standing a few rows behind Hades. As soon as the sol-diers walk into the magical shield barrier they explode into light. Everyone on the wall cheers because the spells actually worked. I hear running foot
NOELLE’S POV,“Where is she? Where is she?” I hear Gabriel shout. Just hearing his voice already makes my heart explode. Everyone quickly gets out of the way and then I see him. He is running to-wards me but as soon as he sees me, he stops. We just stare at each other for a moment and then he runs towards me and swoops me in his arms. I can’t even begin to describe how good it feels to have his arms around me and smell his scent. He sits down on the floor holding me and I can hear his heart beating really fast. I take his face in my hands and put my fore-head against his, tears of joy travel down my cheeks. I look into his beautiful blue eyes and sigh with happiness. He softly strokes my cheek brushing the tears away and puts his lips on mine. I lean into his embrace and enjoy the sensation of his lips on mine again. I wish this moment would last forever.I look into his eyes again and I hear him say in my head, “I have missed you so muc