589 Change In Drayce
Seren was provided with food and drinks which would help her feel better and suffer less from seasickness. Later, till the evening, she was resting in Drayce’s cabin. When her eyes opened, she found it was already dark and the cabin was lit with the lamp. She looked around the cabin but Drayce was not there.
‘How long did I sleep?’
She turned to lay on her back from her one side only to see the slanted glass ceiling and her eyes left wide open.
‘So beautiful!’
She continued to look at the dark sky which had a tinge of deep blue to it because of those numerous shining stars and a bright moon.
‘No wonder Dray said the sky looks beautiful at night from here!’
A pleasant smile painted on her lips and she continued to watch the beautiful view ahead while lying in bed.
‘It would have been even better if Dray was here. But where is he?’
She sat up in bed and climbed down. She wanted to go to Drayce. When she stepped out of the cabin, no one was there and she climbed the stairs to go to the deck. The ship was not moving like it was in the noon and it seemed a little stable. To be more precise everything seems peaceful.
When she reached the deck, everything was silent as the deck had less number of sailors and they were mostly working quietly. Whoever saw her, they bowed to her quietly and lowered their heads as Seren continued to walk ahead on the deck. Other than a pleasant breeze, the sound of sea waves filled the atmosphere and made her feel calm.
She spotted Drayce with Slayer and Yorian who were standing at the bow, looking ahead quietly. Even captain Bennett was now quite unlike how noisy he was during the day while instructing the sailors.
The quiet and pleasant atmosphere must have affected everyone the same as they preferred to quietly enjoy this peaceful surrounding. Drayce sensed Seren’s presence and turned to look at her. Others followed his line of sight and realized why he suddenly turned around and turned their heads back to resume what they were doing.
Drayce turned around to go to Seren as he observed her. Under the moonlight and on that pleasant and beautiful night she looked beautiful. Though he could not see her face, those pretty eyes, long hair and that slender figure in a light purple dress that matched the colour of her eyes made her look like a divine being.
‘Is it the effect of this night or she is really a goddess herself?’ Drayce could not help but wonder but then shrugged. ‘Whoever she is, she is mine. And it won’t ever change.’
Drayce walked towards her but suddenly he stopped as if something had happened. His eyes changed colour to a darker shade and Drayce found himself trying to suppress it.
‘How can it be?’
His forehead had furrowed lines and he rooted to his place, with his fists clenched as if he was trying to resist something.
‘He can not show up like this. He never did but why now? Why is he trying to show up?’
Seren smiled lightly under her veil as she saw Drayce was coming to her but then saw he stopped suddenly. She didn’t know what happened and continued to walk towards him while Drayce was busy fighting with his dark side to suppress it.
‘Erebus, are you rebelling now? Do you want to scare her by showing up now like this? Go back!’
Just then Seren reached him, “Dray?”
Hearing her voice, suddenly Drayce felt he didn’t have to resist Erebus and he had backed off already. ‘Such a coward but can’t stop rebelling, huh?’
“Dray, what happened?” Seren asked as she saw his troubled expression just a moment before. His eyes were on her but she could see something else was going on in his mind.
Drayce, she knew was someone who would not stay quiet upon seeing her and would have reached her even before she could take a step ahead.
Drayce got back to his senses, “It’s nothing,” he offered her an assuring smile as he closed the distance between them to stand facing her, “Are you feeling better now?”
She nodded, “Maybe because the ship is not moving so roughly now.”
“Hmm, the sea is quiet tonight to let us have peaceful sailing.”
“It’s really so peaceful and nice here,” she commented as she looked around and then looked at the moon which reflected the seawater. “Let’s see the moon in the water. I wonder how it looks in the waves of the sea.”
She was about to walk towards the ship railing but Drayce held her hand, “We can see it better from somewhere else.”
Seren looked back at him and then looked at the bow of the ship as to her it was the place that was at a higher level in the ship than any other place at the doc.
“Fine,” she agreed and was ready to go towards the bow but Drayce held her by the waist and pulled her closer to him, pressing her delicate body against his.
“Dray…!” she exclaimed as others were there but before another word could leave her mouth, she was already high up in the air from the doc below her feet. In a blink of an eye, she landed at the crow’s nest at the main mast. It was the nest-like part built at the top of the main mast of the ship from where one could see at a faraway distance in the sea.
Seren who held onto Drayce for her dear life, finally felt a floor under her feet but didn’t let go of him the moment she realized where they were. Standing at such a height scared her to death.
“Dray…This is scary,” she hugged him tightly and shut her eyes.
Drayce hugged back her gently as he smiled slightly at how she clung to him. “Don’t be scared. As long as I am with you, you are safe.”
Seren definitely trusted his words but that fear took over her mind. “I don’t want to fall down.”
“You won’t. Trust me. The reflection of the moon in the water looks better from here. Didn’t you say you wanted to see it?”
“I did, but not like this.”
“Just look at it once. See there is a wooden railing around this nest. You can stand holding it like standing on the balcony.”
As Drayce insisted, Seren agreed and finally let him go. She slowly turned around while holding his hand for support as she was not used to the waving of ships. She still found the hold of her feet on the floor so unsteady and at that the fear brought the worst out of her.
Drayce held her at the shoulder from the back to support her and made her stand facing the moon as he slowly retracted his hand. Seren stood there holding the railing of the nest and continued to look at the view ahead- vast sea and the beautiful reflection of the moon.
“Sea looks beautiful at night,” she commented and waited for Drayce to talk but there was no reply from Drayce.
“Do you also like to see it, Dray?” she asked again but there was still no reply from Drayce who was standing just behind her. Though there was a small gap between their bodies, Seren could clearly sense his presence just behind her.
Upon not getting a reply from him, she was about to turn around but before that, a pair of hands surrounded her waist from behind as the strong muscular body pressed against her delicate back.
It startled her but she smiled and put her hands over Drayce’s hands that surrounded her waist. “You didn’t answer me, Dray. Do you like to see it as well?”
In reply, she got the hold of his hands tightened around her as if trying to merge her in his body and hot breath fanned at the crook of her neck.
Seren was taken aback. It was nothing unusual for her but Drayce would never be this quiet and he would never ignore her question. He was the most attentive kind of husband who would answer even the silliest question of his wife.
“Dray?” Seren called as she felt there was a change in how she felt Drayce’s presence with her. This change? she knew what it was.
‘Erebus? Did he show up again?’