PROLOUGE
LILY'S POV:
It was raining heavily outside as I waited for my husband to come home. We live in Baguio City, the summer capital of the Philippines.
The whole place was cold and wet as I tried to make a fire on our chimney.
"Mommy, mommy, where's Daddy? He should be home right now!" said my daughter named Psyche as she noticed me making a fire on the chimney picking the tiny pieces of wood and tossing it on the fireplace.
"He already texted me Sweetie, he was on his way home, don't worry," I said as I pulled her hands and walked her straight to her room where his brother was sitting on the couch while playing with some toy trucks.
They were twins and only five years of age. I named my son Eros while my daughter is Psyche for I believed that angels do exist and they both symbolize love and beauty for our lives. My husband is an engineer named Vlad. We tried our luck and have lived here in Baguio for a year now and it's pretty good and our income is stable.
"Mommy, it's raining heavily outside," said Eros as he was staring at the window of their room.
"Yes Darling but don't worry it will soon disappear. We could chat while we were waiting for daddy to come home," I suggested since the power was out due to the storm and I was just lighting a candle.
"Uhm, how about you tell us a story, Mommy," Psyche said.
"Oh, I love stories!" Eros said with excitement in his eyes.
"Okay, alright," I said and smiled at them.
"How about the story of the angel and the grim reaper who fall in love, Mommy," Psyche suggested.
"Really? But you heard it countless times," I said while picking some children's books from the mini side drawer.
"Oh, it's my favorite Mommy! Please! Tell us the story! Please, please, please!" Psyche said with excitement.
"Yes Mommy, Azrail is the coolest when he was slaying those evil souls with his powerful sword! Die! You evil ghost!" Eros exclaimed while getting his lightsaber toy and waving it through the air.
I laughed at them and said, "Alright, alright,"
They both jumped into the bed and sat while leaning their backs on the head board.
"This is a story of one of the Almighty One's fallen angels who was forced to walk and wander on Earth because she didn't choose God or Lucifer. Being not able to return to Heaven because of her sin, God ordered her to do a task– to bring love, happiness and contentment to humankind but in order to go back to heaven, she must resist temptation and to not be deceived by worldly desires," I paused for a minute because they are listening carefully and I pulled the comforter so that it can warm them up as the cold wind passes through the room.
"God gave her the seeds of life in order to plant it on the surface of the Earth and to be able to become a beautiful flower that she will give to those broken hearted souls. These magical flowers have the ability to find the soulmate of the one who's holding it but in order to have this magical flower, you need to pay a good price in return. Jeliel made a beautiful garden and gathered the flowers in one place and named it "The Garden of Forever Flowers", fancy name, right?"
"The fallen angel is determined to go back to heaven because she believes that it is her home and to be reunited again with the Almighty One, so she did what she needed to do and complete her tasks. It was the summer of the year 2018 where flowers bloom in different hues and beauty,"
"And Jeliel is so beautiful!" Psyche said.
"Yes, Jeliel is so beautiful that every man wishes to be with her but she cannot love a mortal for The Almighty forbade her so,"
