Chapter 852 (1/2)

Chapter 852: Hearts Beat as One

But while the arrow closed the door on their physical relationshi+p, froraved deep into her heart She burned with an internal fire, her heart thawed by the love she held for hiot her pain as it was replaced by affection

But it was bittersweet She knew the love he had for her in their firstwasn't hers, but Hera's Still she couldn't help but be pulled in deeper He seemed to have been imbued with some natural charm that just dreomen to him

This was proven when she saw so ht in his wake But despite his wealth of choice Lan Jue was single-minded It was part of what drew her to him

Since then their tale had been written in the joy and pain they'd shared However, looking back Qianlin's fondest memories were of their time in the National Eastern University; her seated below as he lectured from a podium

He was refined, courteous, suave, and witty… he shared a special sort of knowledge with her and her class Mi was taken in by his charm

But he is my man

As the words crossed her ain to other memories, painful memories not of when Lan Jue refused her but of the day they shared that special bottle of white wine The day he professed his love

That day it was she who turned hi he did that inspired her to turn hiive herself for the deceptions she maintained She did love him, but she couldn't abide a relationshi+p built on a lie

Her liberation caness to give up her life for him, she allowed herself to accept their circu tie of life and death But when she caret She la deal over so they could have put asideearlier perhaps they would have had more time She felt like she missed out on any nuht!

When the aliens appeared and began their aggressions Lan Jue beca huether Now they faced a mission that ether He didn't explain everything to her either, but she was happy to be by his side

She was happy because she knew she was part of his life, that he understood her If he died she would refuse to live on Now that they were together any alternative was unthinkable They would live or die as one Their spirits would remain inexorably tied, forever

As she pondered the breadth of their past, present and future, Qianlin's spirit entered an extraordinary state Her soul and Lan Jue's joined into one She did not raise Demortus but the connection she felt to her le entity - now, and always

Two hearts beating as one!

Those five words rang Qianlin's mind like a mantra She found she liked theed in the avatar Monarch realized there was sorasp in the emotions of these three huth - not even close What's ht in his territory Still, there was so he could not comprehend

To call it uncomfortable did not speak to the depth of his disquiet If there was one thing he could not abide, it was a lack of control

A turquoise light sprang up as Ultus appeared in the avatar's hand This creature was still just a doppelganger of Monarch's power, yet still was different from the others Lan Jue had encountered This avatar was more than just a copy of Monarch It was a piece of hi fro their evolution, Monarch had left a portion of hier It was the strongest of the avatars, unique, and in many ways it was much like the immortals from old huenia fro it, the avatars poere constrained to the Infinite Here within the protective embrace of Monarch's true form the powers of the universe were halted

In fact this avatar was stronger than Lan Jue or the others could know Still, he su Blade to help defend himself fro and lashed out toward Lan Jue and Captus But as the points of the tords met, the avatar sensed that a part of his oeapon ed up in Captus' charge