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Memories kept coming back to her like the tide in an ocean. When she tried to pull back they hit back stronger. Until she regained her lost memories. And everything hit her all at once.

Her past, her mate, her son...she has a son, whom she hadn't seen for over a year.

Her sense of loss was so powerful, that it felt hard to breathe. Looking at Darius, knowing what he had done, and taken away from, she didn't know what she felt anymore.

———

In the dead of night, as darkness covered everything, a figure was seen walking with purpose. Jade kept her footsteps light as she walked towards the border of the territory.

As she reached the border, she remembered what Darius had shown her before. The border was bound with immense magic making it impossible for one to cross the border, as Jade reached her hand towards where she thought the boundary was, her hands felt empty air. It felt as if the magic bound had completely disappeared, which shocked her as she didn't expect things to be so simple for her.

Jade had been planning to run away for a month and was prepared to face whatever came her way.

Looking back one last time at the castle where she had lived for over one year, she found a lone figure on the 3rd-floor balcony. The familiar built catching her attention instantly.

She whispers something in a low voice, knowing that the wind will carry her voice to his vampire hearing senses.

And she left, crossing the border without any harm.

———

'Goodbye,' it felt as if those words uttered from her lips had knocked the air out of his lungs.

Darius knew that this day would come when she left him. He had been feeling this impending doom for a few days now. He had the urge to catch up to her and cage her, but he knew that it would only lead to her hating him more than she already did. The thought of letting her go made him clench his hand into a fist, making his sharp nails dig into the skin of his palm, making it bleed.

Walking towards the mirror placed a bit further from his bed, he moved the collar of the shirt he was wearing, his eyes immediately locking in on the black veins that seemed to be spreading as quickly as the last time he had seen it.

"It wouldn't take long before the situation would deteriorate" Darius's words caused Marco to tear his eyes away from the ominous black veins.

Marco felt like a weight was atop his heart, knowing what was going to happen and how it was going to end made him feel all the more pain for the man who stood beside him. Even though it was he who was suffering, his was didn't even show a tinge of pain. It was as if he had just accepted his fate.

———

Jade felt surreal as she stood at the border of  The Blood Moon Pack. She had finally escaped, she didn't think her journey would face any hindrances, often she had to stop and look back to make sure that she wasn't being followed.

Her sudden appearance alerted the two patrol guards stationed at the border, upon recognizing her, their eyes widened in shock. Everyone in the pack knew her because, for a year, search parties had been frequently sent out to find her, their luna, who was kidnapped by the Alpha's rumoured crazy blood-sucking half-brother.

They immediately mentally relay the message through the connection the pack members shared with their Alpha. At first, there was silence and then they could feel the Alpha's shock and then joy spreading through the pack link.

'is it her? Are you sure?...' Adryan's whisper was heard loud and clear by everyone through the pack link.

'Yes, Alpha' the patrol guard confirmed once again.

It didn't take long before Adryan's lycan form was seen barrelling towards the border of the pack. His lycan side immediately sensed their mate and was able to find the sweet scent of hers in the air.

Jade's eyes filled with tears as she was hit with a rush of nostalgia. All the memories of hers in the pack came back to her like a bolt of lightning. Especially the memory of him.

Her green eyes watched as Adryan transformed from his lycan side to his human as soon as he reached her. Standing before her as he heaved. His ocean-blue eyes took in her, his eyes running all over her. He felt as if he was dreaming, he was afraid that if he blinked she would immediately disappear from before him.

Jade's hands move forward to cup his face. Her hands come in contact with his unshaven face. He looked thin and dark circles were visible under his eyes but that didn't stop her heart from beating wildly in her chest as his scent of vanilla filled her heart with warmth after a long time.

A tear slides down his face as he feels her warm touch on his skin, his emotions getting overwhelming after seeing his mate for more than a year. He had even thought about her demise, before shaking off the wild idea yet the fear lingered that she would never return.

Adryan pulls Jade into his arms, his head buried on her neck. Jade felt the wetness on her neck caused by his tears. His shoulders trembling as he held her in his arms. Jade tightened her hold on him, "Shhhh, I'm here now" her hands running up and down, comforting his trembling figure in her arms.

She signals for the patrol guards to leave temporarily.

She pulled back from the hug, Adryan wanted to resist and keep hugging her but Jade was adamant. Her eyes take in his figure, his midnight black hair had grown from the last time she had seen him, reaching below the nape of her neck, her eyes finally moving towards his eyes that still held the remnants of his tears were staring right back at her.

Her fingers move forward to wipe the wetness from his eyes, he immediately learns forward, capturing her lips with his, his actions shocking her and making her pause her previous actions. She lets herself go as she kisses him back as if she were a parched nomad in the desert. Their lips entangled each other like a wine, his lips nibble on her bottom lips causing her to open her mouth, taking this opportunity he snakes his tongue inside her mouth, exploring her mouth.

Feeling breathless, her hands beat on his naked chest. Adryan pulls back, his eyes finally holding a shine to them.

She chuckles seeing his slightly dazed expression. Her hands move to wrap around his, her actions causing him to look down at their hands entwined together.

"Let's go home" Her words brought joy to him, and warmth filled his heart which had been feeling empty for the past year.

'she's finally back home' he thought, as he let her pull him towards their house.

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