(Adrnia)
When I co to my senses, he has in his room on his soft bed, covered with a blanket that seems to have been soaked in his scent.
"Ada!" His whisper of love reaches , making lift my lashes and stare at his handso face contorted with deep concern. "How are you feeling?"
He strides forward and cos to sit beside my head. His hand reaches out to softly caress my hair.
"Thirsty!" I tell him truthfully, trying to sit up. He helps .
Picking up the jug from the nightstand he fills it up with the crimson liquid and aids in drinking.
My parched throat is relieved as the liquid trickles down it. I drink until I am sated and tiredness leaves my body.
"I can’t apologise enough for my inadequacy, for not thoroughly investigating the death scam," he sadly says. "For leaving you there to be tortured for so long. Can you forgive ?"
I lean into him and he holds to himself.
"I should have never left you. That decision cost so much, especially my children."
His nose nuzzles into my hair. "Your son is alive. He is the one who ca to and told about you."
A warmth spreads through, the one that I haven’t felt since my child was taken from . My eyes find Hathial, wide and unblinking. My fingers fist against his royal garb.
"Rigel is alive?" My son, my Rigel, my Moonling, my reason to keep living—is alive.
I can’t wait to hold him.
"Yes, and he has grown up into a fine young man. Brave and intelligent." Hathial beams at .
"Will you take to him?" I ask in a shaky voice. The heartening news has dampened my eyes.
"Of course, but first will you tell sothing truthfully?" He questions, delicately pushing away the stray strands from my forehead.
I offer him a nod but my heart clenches. I know what he is going to ask.
"Do you rember sleeping with ?"
I lower my gaze. Heat creeps up in my cheeks.
"I do, I wasn’t in control."
His shadows crawl under my neck and gently lift my chin.
"I hope you don’t regret it though because I don’t."
Knowing that Hathial is my real mate. "I don’t care now." This makes a smile descend on his thin lips.
"For , you were the only woman." The back of his hand slides against my cheek. "Now it’s confird you are my mate. I am never letting you go."
I embrace him. "I want to be by your side."
"You will be. But first, tell . Is Rigel my son?"
My muscles tense at his words. He captures my face between his hands. "He has shadow magic. You and Orion don’t possess that. It’s only in my bloodline."
Hathial is smart and his words also reveal that Rigel has activated his vampire gene and also possesses shadow magic. That can only an he is indeed Hathial’s son.
"I always had a doubt and now I think yes. I didn’t know he had shadow magic."
Hathial’s smile widens. "He is our child, Ada. I could feel that in my blood when he ca to et . My shadows descended on him, they don’t descend on just anyone."
His lips graze against mine, soft and firm and I soften under his touch, giving in.
Once he lets go, he says. "Let’s eat and then you will tell what they did so when I go to exact my revenge, I know whom to hurt and how."
There is this savagery in Hathial’s words. His gaze holds bloodlust for people who have hurt .
Hathial bathes himself, dresses up and feeds with his hands. He nurses to health. There are no physical wounds on my body but emotional ones will take a lifeti to heal.
I tell him everything, I don’t hold anything back—wishing for every culprit to be punished.
Hathial tells about his eting with Rigel and Alnilam, and what they revealed to him, aning they are aware of that woman’s truth.
We prepare ourselves and use the portal to arrive at Orion. A nostalgia hits when I set foot into this kingdom again but there is no fear. I am going to face her without any fear. My mate is by my side and I am here to see my son.
But we learn, she has already fled and the State of Orion is in the process of healing. eting Orion is not as overwhelming as I had imagined it to be. At the very first glance, he understands I am not his mate. The curse which had bound us together has been lifted and we don’t feel any attraction towards each other.
His sons take to et Rigel. Every step forward, I feel my heart beating with imasurable love and affection for him. But we halt outside a room and Alnilam faces .
He grimly says. "Before we enter the room, there is sothing you need to know."
My heart sinks like a stone hurled into a lake.
Is my son well?
Has sothing happened to him?
"What is it?" My anxious breath cos out.
He passes a disturbing glance with his brothers. "You didn’t give birth to a stillborn baby. Instead, our mother switched him with a dead baby and gave Saiph to her maid to be raised and later made him her guard."
The ground not only shakes but slips entirely from underneath my feet.
"....Saiphhhh....my child is alive?" I stamr. My knees almost give way but Alnitak holds by the waist.
"I am sorry...but he is no more." Alnilam fights back a sniffle. "He died protecting his mate, our mate..."
Tears brim in my eyes, blurring my vision. A dread falls over , splitting into two. My heart bleeds out for I have already mourned him, then seen him get abused and now to learn of his death.
Hidding my face in my hands I silently cry. Alnitak embraces , letting grieve into my chest.
"We are so sorry for our mother’s actions. Forgive us." He rubs my back. "He was our eldest brother, who always protected us but we couldn’t protect him."
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