It hurt Emilia to see him like that, but what hurt her the most was knowing he was right. She didn’t know if, when she returned in the future, his heart would be reclaimed by Francis's reincarnation or if she were about to pass away when he saw it. It had happened before and could happen again.

The pains increased and then were replaced by a warm feeling. Pleasant. His body molded to the male and she sniffed close to her neck, dizzy with that scent that had accompanied him over the centuries. Not knowing exactly when, his arms encircled his waist; destroying the little space that separated them.一 Stephan ... 一 His name had a taste to glory to be as she always wanted.

And because of the memories of the past, she closed his eyes as he raised his face to his direction.