I LOVE YOU, COLE
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CHAPTER 1 : PAST-LIVED LOVE.
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Part 6.
Sixteenth century. . .
Cole and Piper were on a boat rowing down the stream. The landscape along each of banks were so beautiful, but he just looked admirably at her. His lover had an amorous look, a charming smile and her long hair was flying slightly in gentle breeze. He was the only son of a Duke of the United Kingdom, and she helped her father at a pub. But they're deeply in love despite of the caste discrimination.
She'd been looking at the view so long without satiety. All of a sudden, she asked him:
"Hey, what's it?"
"What?"
"Over there!" – she pointed at something right behind him bending her body over him. He spinned around to see what she's speaking of, just finding one of the oars was flung away.
"Whoa!"
"Done!" – giggled her.
He frowned.
"Floating boat! I like it!" – smiled her.
He tightened her waist and kissed on her soft lips, then laid her on the floor little by little. She look through his blue eyes ardently, she had fallen for him and never regreted about it. Maybe she would never be his wife, but his heart would always be on her side. She rubbed the bridge of his nose down to his lips, and he snapped her finger gently. She smiled, they resumed their kiss. . .
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A young man looked self-important in company with two henchmen entering the pub where Piper was working.
"Piper!" – shouted him.
She's cleaning the glasses and not bothering to answer to him.
"Piper!" – he walked to her – "Care to go for a hunt with us?"
An old man stopped him:
"Mister Wilkes, please leave my daughter alone!"
"None of your business." - Wilkes shoved her father – "Come on! Give me a price."
"Get out!" – scolded Piper.
"Shit!" – he spitted out – "I've seen you going out with Cole McMahon. No need to pretend to be lofty. I'm also a knight like that guy. You won't lose your face dating with me."
Piper helped her father get up.
"Get out!" – she raised her voice up – "This place never welcomes you!"
His eyes flashed fire, he roared:
"No one refuses me anything." – ordered him to his henchmen – "Knock it down!"
"No!. . . no!" – cried her father out – "No, please!" – while she's glaring her eyes to Wilkes.
"Stop!" – shouted a voice from the door.
Wilkes turned round and chuckled:
"Hey, buddy! I thought you've enjoyed her more than enough. Don't be so selfish!"
"What do you want?" – asked Cole.
"I just want a night."
"She's my fiancée." – Cole came to inside.
"Don't let this young lady be lost in day-dream." – snickered him loudly touching her chin.
She turned her head away. Cole rushed to push him back.
"Make your apology to her!" – growled Cole.
Wilkes thrusted Cole back.
"Want a duel?" – asked him.
"Tomorrow. The loser'll never turn back." – added Cole.
"The loser'll be. . . dead." – emphasised Wilkes.
He left the pub.
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Cole and Piper were riding on the same horse in slow pace. He sat behind her inhaling her hair smell. Her hair was so long, soft, and smooth that had enchanted him at the first blush.
"Cole!"
"Hmm" – he kissed on her neck. She leaned her head a little for his kiss.
"Will you win?" – asked her.
"Trust me!" – he grabbed her tightly.
"I believe in your talent. But a duel just for me. It isn't worth." – whispered her.
"I never allow anyone to defame you."
She turned back and they kissed each other while the horse kept pacing slowly and leisurely on the grass.
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"Today we are witnessing the duel between Cole McMahon and Jonathan Wilkes, According to the contract signed by both of matches, the loser will be banned from disturbing Miss Piper Marricombs since then, and two of you can fight to the death with no revenge will be authorized legally after this duel." – stated the local authority.
The swords was unsheathed from their cover with skilled acts from the gladiators pointing straight at each other. Piper's standing among the crowd, holding her breath while her love fighting.
When Wilkes fell with a heavy thud, a big wound's bleeding on his left chest, Piper ran to Cole and threw herself to his embrace, wept for joy. He looked deeply into her eyes glistenning with tears, and smiled slightly.
"I love you, Piper."
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Cole was dancing with Lisa, whom his father wanted him to get married to, they're in a ball at his family's palace.
"I heard you've just won a duel." – said her.
"Yeah, yesterday."
"But Duke Wilkes won't leave it like that." – she's speaking of Jonathan Wilkes's father.
"I don't care."
"My father'll uphold you from any trouble." – she dragged her hand from his shoulder down to his chest with a flirtatious look.
"No one can threaten me. Give my thanks to Duke Milano anyway." – Cole blocked her hand, and stopped dancing.
"He'll be willing to do it since you're going to be his son-in-law."
"Did you know the reason of that duel? I asked him to stop harassing my fiancée." – said Cole.
He left her right after that. Her eyes turned dark in hatred. It wasn't the first time Cole rejected her love. He had refused her politely before, but she kept pursuing him and poking her nose in his privacy.
"You'll beg my love one day, Cole McMahon!" – cursed her.
But she wouldn't do nothing waiting that day.
"If I can't have him, neither can you, bitch!" – grumbled Lisa, she didn't know who's his love now, but it wasn't difficult for her to find out.
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Piper was accused of being a witch and would be cremated in coming days. Cole had tried any chance but he wasn't able to rescue her. Finally, he had to see Lisa Milano for the last luck.
"Where's your arrogance, Cole?" – asked Lisa priggishly - "You could do nothing with all of your relations. How should I?"
"You know I've reached the end of the road. So I'm prepared to accept any your claims." – said Cole urgently.
"Ironically, I used to suggest to help you." – smiled her triumphantly – "It's too late. Everyone in this city know she's a witch. Be ready to scoop up her ashes."
CHAPTER 1 : PAST-LIVED LOVE.
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Part 7.
The last day before Piper being executed, Cole came to the prison to see her. They squeezed each other's hands and cried.
"It's all my fault." – murmured him.
"No, neither of us wanted it." – she looked fiercely into his eyes as if she couldn't see him in short distance again. Maybe he would show up tomorrow, but they wouldn't see each other clearly. His father had forbidden him to go on moving heaven and earth to rescue her. It's possibly that he would be under surveillance tomorrow and that's the last time they saw each other.
"I never regret that I've loved you, Cole!" – she rubbed his cheek up to his hair – "I'll love you till my last breath, in my after lives, and everlasting."
"I won't let you die." – he shook his head.
"Keep our belief. We'll meet again. We'll belong together."
He kissed her infatuatedly.
"We always belong together, even in this current life." – he looked at her one more time and left.
"Cole, what're you doing? Don't risk your life for me!" – she called after him – "Cole!. . . Cole!. . ."
"Piper! Piper!"
Cole was standing next to her bed, he touched her sweated forehead and called her name, but she didn't wake up, she seemed to be sunk in her deep sleep. He had heard her calling his name, that's why he's in her room now.
"Piper!"
"Piper!. . . Piper!" – her father was calling her in desperation. She's tied for the burning.
"Daddy! Take care of yourself!" – her eyes were profusely overflowing with tears – "I love you!"
People's throwing decayed tomatos and addled eggs to her. Her father tried to stop them but the soldiers knocked him out.
"Daddy!. . ." – cried her.
"Keep back! Keep back!" – shouted the soldiers. It's time to execute.
"Go to hell, witch!" – the crowd kept scolding her.
Now she cared nothing but Cole. She's wishing to see him, but he's nowhere in her sight.
"Where are you, Cole?"
When an executioner kindled the fire, she saw Cole was riding on his horse at full gallop, his sword laying bare.
"Cole!" – whispered her.
He rushed toward her and attacked whoever wanted to block him. He fought on all sides as a mad man, managing to reach her, his coat was stained in blood. Finally, he came near her and cut her rope. She jumped on his horse in front of him and they ran together.
A group of cavalry pursued them. Then many group was ordered to capture them at all costs since Lisa Milano used her relation with a marshal to get revenge on Cole. She's also the one who had slandered Piper being a witch.
The couple ran into a wood. Both of them were exhausted and injured. Even their horse was very tired after long run. They're trying to hide but the soldiers was rummaging them everywhere, their torch light brightened all over the wood.
"Cole McMahon, break the charm, come back to us!"
Cole heard the voice of his father's confidential inferior.
"You should be back!" – whispered Piper.
"No, I'll be with you."
"It's the path to death."
"We've promised we belong together till the last breath, in our after-lives, and everlasting." – reminded him.
Piper grabbed him tightly.
"Here!. . . Here!" – some soldiers found them.
Cole whipped his horse into a gallop, but the soldiers were converging on all sides.
"Cole!"
He was holding her hand, and she clenched his hand unconsciously. His other hand was keeping the receiver.
In a car somewhere, Phoebe was making out with a young man, her one-night stand. Suddenly, her cell phone broke their pleasure.
"Ignore it" – moaned her.
But the phone remained ringing endlessly. She was distracted and happened to remember her sacred task.
"Damn it!" – mumbled her. She picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Phoebe?"
She was mad hearing her husband's voice. But he continued not waiting for her reply:
"Piper's in trouble."
"What?"
"She's consuming by The Dreamer."
"And you can do nothing with all of your powers?" – grumbled her.
"What're you talking? No time to pick a quarrel. Your own sister's suffering!"
Phoebe realised she'd been rude. If Paige'd destroyed her fun, she would've been annoyed, but she would've listened more calmly. But it's Cole, that's why her temper was being increased.
"I'm sorry!" – said her.
"Will you call Paige?" – asked Cole.
"Yeah, sure!"
She hung up and kissed on her date's lips.
"I have to go." – she put her blouse on.
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When Cole and Piper were in an impasse, a shadow appeared from nowhere and gripped both of them, they and even the horse vanished in the thin air.
"Oh my God! The witch uses her power!" – the crowd made the cross and became fussy.
They re-appeared in a deserted house. Cole and Piper got shock, she nestled close to him, and he's ready to fight even though he knew it would be an unequal battle.
"Relaxed! I'm not attacking you!" – said the stranger. He looked bony in a black robe. His hair streaked with grey, he wasn't friendly even he's smiling.
"I'm an Avatar. But you can consider me as The Option Giver." – introduced himself.
"What's your purpose?" – asked Cole. He didn't really understand what that man's talking.
"OK, we go straight to the matter. As The Option Giver, I'm giving you two options, and you'll pick one."
"Why we have to trust you?" – asked Cole.
"Since I don't capture you and you're put to a nonplus." – smile him leisurely – "One, I'll leave you here and you continue your destiny as if nothing happened. Two, I'll turn the time back to last week before all that bad things occurred. And they never occur again. But. . ."
The Avatar smiled evilly:
". . . Your sweet love never occur again either."
"What does it mean?" – asked Piper in low voice.
"It means each of you will have your own life." – explained him.
"No, I don't want that life." – Piper shook her head, she turned to Cole - "Maybe we're going to die, but we'll have another lifetime together. Keep our belief."
He nodded, and answered the Avatar:
"You've known which option we choose."
"OK. I'm leaving." – smiled him – "But you can call me if you ever change your mind. Consider that to be together or not isn't what you choose, that's the destiny arranged for you despite of how much you love each other."
He disappeared.
Piper stared at the place he'd stood before.
"Magic really exist?"
"Maybe." – answered Cole.
"And all of them have seen us involving in magic." – she talked about the crowd runing after them.
"We're going to a far region. We'll go anywhere as long as we're together." – said him.
And they got on the horse starting off their journey.
A/N: There's a part left to end this chapter.
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