1105: SIDE STORY: HE DIDN'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE

SIDE STORY: HE DIDN'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE

Jedrek was walking along the hallway of his palace, feeling the cold night wind caress his skin along with the droplets of rain that dampened his robe.2

At some point, he stopped walking and took in the scenery before his eyes with a gloomy gaze.

It had been a few days since rain started pouring down the earth every night in this realm, as if the gloomy days were not enough to torture Jedrek's shattered heart.

Below him, he could see the lilac flowers that were fully bloomed, yet its beauty had to bow down to the storm that raged that night. 

The beautiful flowers looked pitiful under this stormy night…

Yet, Jedrek knew that they would survive and continue to display their grace tomorrow when all of this was over, just like Lilac…

She would come back stronger every time someone pushed her down.

His beautiful flower…

Yet, the question was; would she come back again this time? Would she choose to return to his side again, for one more time? To give the king a chance to repent for the horrible mistakes that he had committed? To give him a chance to treat her better the way she deserved?

Lilac was wrong when she said that once the mate bond between them was no longer intact, Jedrek would be fine with living his life without any care about his feelings for her, which was nothing than an emotion that was forced onto him by the mate bond.

She was wrong.

Because the truth was; Jedrek was nothing but fine at this point. He felt like he was walking on the edge of the world once again. The waiting was killing him… especially when deep down in his heart, he knew that there was only a slightest chance for Lilac to comeback and be together with him.

The sadness and the pain in her gaze before the fire from the craters of hell burned her body, was something that haunted Jedrek regardless if it was night or day.

Years had passed, but there was no sign of her, though there was not a single second that passed without Jedrek looking for her, not even her scent.

At that time, thunder pierced Jedrek's ears and light ripped the dark night apart, illuminating the garden that was filled with lilac flowers for a brief moment, but it was enough for Jedrek to catch a glimpse of one of the lilac flowers that was almost toppled down by the strong wind.

A frown engraved on Jedrek's forehead when he saw that and without a second thought he jumped down and landed gracefully on the muddy ground, letting the huge rain drops fall on him which then got him soaking wet, yet that was the last thing that he cared at this time.

Darkness made it hard for Jedrek to see straight ahead, but he knew by instinct where exactly the location of that poor flower was, thus he moved without hesitation.

People, who saw him would think that he had lost his mind for being so impulsive to save a mere plant from this raging storm in the middle of the night, but Jedrek had indeed lost his mind and soul, and it had been a long time since those two could work properly.

Therefore, here he was, the king of the lycanthropes, getting all soaked while trying to hold back the plant in its place.

Jedrek used both of his hands to hold it in position, and closed his eyes, feeling the strong and harsh winds graze past him.

However, after he closed his eyes for a long moment, all of a sudden, everything became very quiet. There was no longer the sound of thunder or the merciless winds that tortured him.

Everything went silent and tranquility engulfed him…

Frowning, Jedrek opened his eyes slowly and to his surprise he found himself inside a comfortable and warm room.

However, the most shocking part was; there was someone else beside him and it was the woman that he had been longing for…

The true essence of his existence, his salvation, the reason behind his every smile…

"Lilac…?" Jedrek called her name, but it sounded like a whisper. He looked at his mate with disbelieving eyes, while his mind was very slow to comprehend the situation he was in now…

Only after a long period of moment that Jedrek finally got his memories back and realized what he experienced earlier was only a nightmare.

No, actually it was not a nightmare, since those things indeed happened to him during the years he was waiting for his mate to return.

Jedrek rubbed his face harshly and he could feel the tears at the corner of his eyes.

Oh, Selene… it was only a dream… a dream from his darkest days…

Even now Jedrek could still feel the cold wind from that night, and his body shivered involuntarily. He then moved closer to Lilac and hugged her tightly, buried his nose in the crook of her shoulder and took the liberty to breath in her scent.

It was proven that her scent could calm his wrecking nerves and gave him the peace that he really sought for.

His mate was here and that was all what mattered for now.

Jedrek couldn't be more glad than this.

As long as Lilac was beside him, he wouldn't ask for anything else. It would be greedy of him if he did so. However, maybe he was a bit wrong…

When Jedrek felt Lilac shift in her position to find a comfortable spot within his embrace, at that time he heard a soft mumble not too far from there.

The sound was enchanting and the familiar scent exhilarated the beast inside of him, as it perked its ears, urging Jedrek to go and take a look.

Of course, Jedrek knew whose mumbling it was…

Slowly and gently, Jedrek got off of the bed, but before he walked away, he tucked Lilac beneath the warm blanket and landed a soft kiss on her forehead, caressing her head and smiled indulgently at his sleeping mate.

Lilac was so beautiful as ever, even though she was in deep sleep with her cherry lips slightly parted.

After a few more moments of worshipping his mate, Jedrek walked to the source of the mumbling sounds and found that his son was awake.

The baby was playing with his stubby fingers, while making weird sounds. He looked happy, while playing by himself.

The baby was only six months old, but one could see that he got the Donovan's blue eyes, but his lips and the warm smile that grazed his lips very often. He got the smile from Lilac, since Jedrek didn't really like to smile even when he was still a child.

The baby's blue eyes caught Jedrek's figure, who was standing silently beside his crib, and then he extended his short and small hands, opening and closing his small palms, while laughing, as if he was talking to Jedrek, yet there wasn't a single word that he could articulate clearly.

But, it didn't matter, because the moment Jedrek put his finger on his palms and he wrapped it tightly, a big, toothless smile broke on his lips.

And the sight brought Jedrek to tears…

He got Lilac by his side and now they had their beautiful son…

Jedrek felt complete and he didn't need anything else…

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