.
"I have died every day waiting for you,
Darling, don't be afraid,
I have loved you for a thousand years,
I'll love you for a thousand more.
Time stands still,
Beauty in all she is.
I will be brave,
I will not let anything take away,
What's standing in front of me.
Every breath,
Every hour has come to this."
Italy, 1110
No One's POV
"Are you almost ready, my daughter?" Leonardo asks, knocking lightly on his daughter's doorway.
"I am ready now, father." Arabella's soft voice answers, the last pins and flowers being put in her hair by a maidservant and the veil carefully placed as the finishing touch, Arabella taking a deep breath as she looked at her reflection in the mirror of her final looks; she was getting married today.
"You look beautiful, Arabella. Lord Elijah is a lucky man." Leonardo says, coming into his daughter's bedroom, tears glimmering in his eyes, the maidservants leaving to give the father and daughter time alone.
"Thank you father." Arabella looks into the mirror, touching her hair lightly and the veil that is placed in it, the ribbons encircling and tying together flowing through her gentle waves that cascaded down her back.
"I hardly believed this day would come." Arabella says lightly, the last part, "without mother" going unsaid.
"You of all, deserve someone to treat you like the treasure you are." Leonardo hugs his daughter, carefully cupping her face and pressing a kiss to her forehead. "I do wish your mother was here to see you. She would be so proud of the woman you have become and continue to be. I love you, Arabella."
"I love you too, father. Thank you."
"Come, the carriage is ready and our guests are waiting at the church. And so is Lord Elijah. We would not want to keep your future husband waiting at the alter now, would we?" Leonardo teases lightly, offering his daughter his arm to take.
"Maybe a few moments." Arabella teases, smiling.
"One step closer…."
The elegant wooden church doors opened, Arabella being lead in by Leonardo, and Elijah thought he had seen no woman more beautiful than his mate; she took his breathe away and stole every second and beat of his undead heart.
"I have died every day waiting for you,
Darling, don't be afraid,
I have loved you for a thousand years,
I'll love you for a thousand more.
And all along I believed I would find you,
Time has brought your heart to me,
I have loved you for a thousand years,
I'll love you for a thousand more."
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A Thousand Years ~ Christina Perri
