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AZALEL POV

"Reuben…."

"She knows…"

Reuben immediately snapped back at me. "Huh?? What? Who did you say know who?"

"Iliya. That girl. Monav Mokshit. The buyer of her works…."

"And she seeped into his past and had a glimpse of his past.." I explained it to Reuben slowly. Make sure that he would hear each word that I'm saying right now.

"She's terrified…"

"And how do you know that? Don't you suppose cannot feel it? Human's emotion?"

Ruben asked me back with a confusion and his eyebrows raised with a deep concern of the lines that I have just spoken. How do I know about it?

Even I don't have idea on how to answer it either.

"I don't know, Reuben…." I stuttered and decided to be honest with him.

Ever since I helped and trained her a lot for the past weeks, somehow, we are not just physically getting closer but also had an emotional string between us. I can feel her whenever I wanted to. I can sense if she was in danger or not. And I have no idea why we could become like this. One way or another, I knew she also feels the same. It's unexplainable and hardly understand by both of us.

Reuben let out a deep sigh and patted my shoulder gently.

"Listen to me, Azalel. I don't know what had happened between you two. But I need you to be cautious and more careful of each step that you would take …"

"You and she are no longer safe here. You have been monitored and watched by the upper authorities…."

I nodded at his warning and hold his hand with a grateful smile.

"I will, Reuben. Thank you for always being watched my back…"

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MONAV MOKSHIT POV

Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!

I grunted and cursed inwardly once I arrived at my penthouse. How the hell did I let her get into my brain and read me??? This is not happening. This can't be happening!!!

A black mist appeared and formed a beautiful lady who glared at him furiously and half running, she walked toward him.

"Monav! What have you done!!" Eva snapped at him harshly while the man just sat down on his sofa in a resigned position and massages his temple desperately.

"I got carried away and loosen up my defense…."

Monav exhaled a long sigh heavily. Eve sat next to him and cupped his face in her hands. Staring at him directly into his eyes.

"Listen to me. Listen to me very carefully. You can't let this happen again. Once is enough and this will be your first and final weakness that you ever showed at her…."

"Don't forget. Bloody Moon is getting closer and he would come to see us, Monav…"

"Did you remember the oath that you have made with him?"

"Yes, of course, Eve. How could I forget?"

"It's the devil…."

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ILIYA NARA POV

I can't be mistaken this time!!

I rubbed my face harshly while I still remembered what had happened this afternoon. When I unconsciously touched Mr. Monav's hand, I still can memorize the scene I saw in vivid and clear pictures like in a broad daylight. It was him!!

I couldn't have been wrong to recognize someone!! But why? And how?

How he could be the same person as the man that I saw before in that glimpse? But it was like…. Hundreds of years ago? Based on the big house and the outfit that he wore at that time,..

The cloak that he wore. The accessories that the girl used, everything that attached to its image, were so old and ancient. Human….

Can't be to live more than a hundred year recently. So, who is he exactly?

I have my doubts. I have some raw hunches. Guts. Some leads. I can name all of it. But still, real evidence and proof are necessary to prove her instinct. That what she had seen, it was all true. But how?

"I know you have seen it. You seeped into his past and been there for a while…"

Shocked, Iliya immediately turned her body around after she heard his voice.

"Azalel!!" She snapped it out when she saw him in her bedroom.

"Can't you knock? Do you even know how to behave like a normal person?"

Azalel smirked and chuckled lightly at her silly accusation. Slowly, without noise, he sat down on her bed and answered her.

"Did you forget? I'm not even a human. We're a celestial, little girl. We have been here ever since the earth was created…."

"So, young girl. It's your turn now. Please tell me what you saw and who he is…"

"Could you, Miss Iliya?"

Iliya held her breath when she heard the question. The flash of images running inside her head once again. So vivid and clear. Then, she exhaled in resignation. A flint of sadness was seen in her eyes.

"I have no idea, Azalel."

"But, it seems like he's in despair…"

Iliya closed her eyes before she continues her words.

"He's like a broken doll. So cold and lifeless.."

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"The Bloody Moon is near, Reuben…"

"You know what happened on the last Bloody Moon five hundred years ago.."

"The chaos of Euritan Clan..*"

"Exactly…"

"Terrible things always happen during Bloody Moon. Wherever it is.."

"It's the peak where lustrous evil and power of darkness merge into one…"

"That's the only time, according to the legend, a portal in-between of human and spiritual realm would blur and synchronized, so demons would come out from hell and blend in amongst humans…"

"Doesn't it would against the Laws of Heaven, Azalel? They knew it well, didn't they?"

Azalel nodded. Completely agreed with what Reuben had said before.

"Yes, it is…"

"But, you also must remember that we are talking about demons. A kind who always tries to break the rules and barrier. We have no idea for how long they would able to restrain themselves…"

"Even, the main reason why Lucifer was banished into hell was because of his rebellion against The Creator. Fruit won't fall far from its tree. His subordinate would do the same for sure but the problem is…"

"We don't know when and where.."

Reuben exhaled a deep sigh heavily. He was intrigued and utterly annoyed with this fact. Compared with Azalel, he was considered as "a rookie" and still need to learn lots of things. A couple of hundred years in the human realm wasn't par with the measurement of time in a spiritual world. It is just like a blink of an eye.

"Don't we are weather angels, Aza?"

"Can't we try to track down and located some responsibilities of the places when the Bloody Moon probably seen?"

Azalel nodded curtly once again and smile broadly.

"You're right and I have narrowed down my suspicious of some people and location where the Bloody Moon would be seen tomorrow…"

"One more thing, you should remember this…"

"When the evil is at the strongest peak, we, on the contrary, are on the weakest…"

"At the moment, we would be defenseless as celestial except for those who live as underworld creatures. I think it's not a good idea if we want to sneak a peak secretly into the enemy's lair…"

"So, what should we do, Aza?"

"I have an idea…"

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