Leandros’s POV 

I gazed at my mate in my arms, and my heart skipped a beat with excitement. It had been so long since I had seen her, let alone hold her so close in my arms. I had stopped hoping for her years ago, although Leo howled in pain every night lying alone in my bed at night. I tried hard to ignore the pain in my heart, overworking myself every day to the limit. 

Now, holding her in my arms healed the dull ache in my heart, and the longing in my soul, but only momentarily. I knew ...