Veronique continued writing a song for Erik until the sun began to set. She furiously scribbled down the notes on Erik's parchment while thinking of and memorizing lyrics to fit her song. She only wrote down the ones she wanted him to sing, but otherwise she kept them in her memory. All the while, she prayed for his safety and that he would enjoy her composition.

The sun sank below the hills, and she heard the swishing of his gondola gliding through the water towards the lair. Her heart began to pound with excitement and rapture. As he turned around the final bend and she caught a glimpse of his face, her smile lit up the room, brighter than any candle burning there.

"Erik!" she exclaimed, rushing to the edge of the water. He exited the sleek and shining boat and swept her into a deep and passionate kiss. Their lips stayed locked until she had to tell him what she had been doing. "Come with me. I need to show you something," she said with a sly smirk. Her mystery kept Erik enthralled; her enthusiasm amused him, and he had to stifle a chuckle at the silly grin on her face. Nonetheless, he followed her to his piano.

She sat down on the elegant wooden bench and patted the seat next to her, motioning for him to position himself ready to play his beloved instrument. He looked confusedly at the parchment of sheet music placed in his view, but he floated his fingers over the fine ivory keys anyways. She nodded, and he began to play an exquisite tune. Its chords filled the damp air with the feeling that danger was lurking, yet the undertones of love overcame the mysterious sound. He played a few bars, and she began to sing.

"Kiss me too fiercely
Hold me too tight
I need help believing
You're with me tonight

My wildest daydreams
Could not foresee
Lying beside you
With you wanting me

And just for this moment
As long as you're mine
I've lost all resistance
And crossed the borderline

And if it turns out
It's over too fast
I'll make
Every last
Moment last
As long as you're mine..."

He was captured by her enchanting words, but more by the music it was set to. It was her music of the night. She pointed at the parchment at the lyrics she did write, and he began to sing them.

"Maybe I'm brainless
Maybe I'm wise
But you've got me seeing
Through different eyes

Somehow I've fallen
Under your spell
And somehow I'm feeling
It's up that I fell!"

They began a harmonious duet on the chorus. Their voices blended perfectly and echoed through the caverns.

"Every moment
As long as you're mine
I'll wake up my body
And make up for lost time"

She stopped singing as he sang the next lines she wrote for him. The look in his eyes showed such devotion and that he wanted to prove the words would not come true.

"Say there's no future
For us as a pair"

Veronique rejoined Erik with such force and power in her voice. He knew instantly that she wrote this song from the depths of her heart and soul. She didn't want those words to ever come true. She wanted every moment to be perfect between them.

"And though
I may know
I don't care

Just for this moment
As long as you're mine
I'll be how you want to
And see how bright we shine

Borrow the moonlight
Until it is through
And know
I'll be here
Holding you
As long as you're mine!

They finished in such perfect harmony. Erik was glad that she was sitting next to him, because he knew that she wanted to kiss him at that moment.

Erik finally caught his breath and asked her, "Are you ready for my surprise?"

Note: I did not write the song featured in this chapter.The lyrics and compostion were writtenby Stephen Schwartz for the musical Wicked. I do not own this song or the lyrics.