Millicent is back in his arms.

Running through the forest he felt alive after so many years, he had a broken heart, at long last, he was to meet his beloved mate again. He was very thankful to the moon goddess, for the blessing she passed on him.

Mika, he thought.

The girl scared him and she hadn't done that much to make him feel that way, but he knew his daughter in law was not a simple person. It was more horrific because she was the mythical golden wolf. These wolves are known to be vicious, as they are the punishers of their kind.

There she sat on the forest ground, slowly harming a melody terribly but seemed happy about it. Reese found himself crying silently, his heart aching at the sight. She might look happy but she looked frail and unhealthy, his beloved suffered severely these past years.

It has been almost two decades since the last time they saw each other, their first son is now an Alpha. He just learned he is blessed with 3 soulmates, many may not think so, Reese too felt sorry for his son.

Worst of all he is mated to the KING OF VAMPIRES, the arrogant dark knight himself Sebastian.

She looked pale and broken, he couldn't help but blame himself. He felt he failed her in so many ways as a mate. He was an Alpha, he could've tried harder to save her.

He then remembered the consequences his mate suffered once when he tried to rescue her. He felt all the brutality, his beautiful Millicent suffered so immensely he can't forgive himself for the pain he caused her.

He still doesn't understand, how can a sister be so bitter to the point of destroying her sibling, worst of all, her twin sister?

Their kind highly cherished such bonds, because it is rare and intimate.

Why Linda became the way she was, was still a puzzle he couldn't put together. She must have been born a psycho then because it just didn't make sense to him. His mate might have been too ecstatic about escaping the hell she lived in so many years, she didn't hear him getting close to her.

She didn't even smell his scent or noticed the change in the air around her. This worried him, did her wolf lose her senses because of the traumatic experience they had?

He touched her shoulder gently with tenderness, he didn't want to scare her. Electric sparks flew through his entire body. He felt himself rejoicing at the feeling, he has been yearning to feel this way for so many years. To have experienced it once and then having it taken away, left him hazed in darkness. He didn't want to ever experience that again. His mate tensed and he could feel the fear she felt, he could tell she was trying not to show it, but she was failing.

He now can feel everything she felt and it was a good feeling, even though they're not happy feelings she felt. He was happy they still had the connection, he had feared the wolf within her died due to the trauma, but that was not the case. He knelt and embracing her in his broad arms and buried his head on her head, smelling her hair. The natural fragrance he smelt made him soothe in pleasure and happiness.

"You are back my love," he whispered. Millicent only relaxed then.

She was panicking when someone touched her, she failed to notice the tingles and electric sparks that ran through her body. She failed to smell the scent she had been yearning to smell, for these past years. She was sobbing inside her heart, trembling with fear of being found by the enemy. She had been so happy that finally, she had her freedom. She escaped, she thought they found her again. She thought they were going to take her back and she would never meet her family ever again.

Until...

Until he spoke, and her body relaxed on its own accord.

"You are back my love" Reese, it was Reese her sweet mate.

"Re-e-Reese, is that you?" she stuttered, her excitement and fear combined made her unable to speak properly, she found herself out of words.

She prayed this was not a dream or hallucination, she had experienced those too many times, that it broke her heart even thinking about it.

"Are you here?" asked Millicent.

"Yes my love, I am here and this time I am going nowhere," said Reese with tears streaming down his face. He heard her sobs and this broke his heart.

"I am sorry Mill, I am so sorry for being a weak mate. I should have protected you. I should've chosen you." he said with a trembling voice filled with guilt.

His heart was aching with pain, he did this to her. It was all his fault.

"I will not take that Reese. I will not allow you to blame yourself for this. This was supposed to happen, this was meant to be." she said turning in his arms to face him.

She cupped his face in her hands, their eyes met for the first time after 19 years. It was as if they were seeing each other for the first time. Though she was humiliated and tortured all those years, her eyes were alive now, they glimmered with happiness.

She was alive, Reese could see her spirit was alive as 19 years ago. He couldn't understand where she found that courage if it were him. He was sure he would be depressed and hating the world and everybody in it.

He couldn't phantom what she must have endured in that prison, she looked so unhealthy pale but so alive as well. He smiled at her and couldn't help himself, he captured her lips in his.

The collision was like thunder and light met for the first time amid the storm, he felt dizzy and overwhelmed with ecstasy.

He passionately kissed his mate, he poured all his love into the kiss. They tasted sweet like nectar and felt so soft. He couldn't help but think of the past when they met for the first time, during their teenage times. She had been so shy back then, but now she was bold.

Somehow she has grown to a very bold and strong person, he is just sad he didn't witness all of that. Linda has stolen so much from them, he was sure she was still going to cause more damage.

They stopped kissing to get some air as it was starting to suffocate them, Millicent looked at her mate with so much love and devotion.

She smiled.

She couldn't believe she was here, Reese was here and her in his arms. It was like a dream come true, she was happy. If anything would happen, that could take her life away, she would die a happy woman. She was satisfied with what she had now, she learned as a person you need to appreciate every little time you have with the ones you love.

"Reese, please don't blame yourself. No one would have anticipated what my sister would do. My parents and pack fell for her lies. This was not your doing, it was her dark heart that did this." she smiled again.

"I am happy that I am here with you. I made a vow when I left that place, I promised myself that everything that happened there will stay there," she said while searching his eyes for confirmation he understood her.

"I will not let Linda lead our lives, she is in no way winning this battle. She will not get the satisfaction," she said determinedly.

"I agree, that I am not well healed and I might have relapses, but I will not live in fear or regret. I certainly will not allow you to wallow in guilt," said Millicent.

Reese chuckled. He was right, his love has grown and became mature.

"Now tell me about our children. How many do we have?" Reese looked guilty again, he was a terrible mate.

He still didn't understand how he got to have children with Millicent because he never found Linda attractive.

They never became intimate with each other, but somehow with her stealing Mill's eggs, she might have done the same with his seed. He had no doubt the kids were his, he knew the moment they were born.

"We have two sons, Landon the eldest just found his mates and automatically became an alpha," he said amused.

"What do you mean mates, and how can he automatically become an alpha without you passing it during the ceremony?" Millicent was confused.

"Well he has 3 mates and one of them is a golden wolf."

Millicent gasped, oh her poor baby. She thought.