Her possessive alpha

　　Reawakened compassion

　　Ough-ough-ough! Ough-ough-ough!

　　Ava could hear the sound of her own mouth coughing out water, she was conscious again but she was weak, so very weak that it took a lot of effort just to open her eyes, but she opened them anyway because she wanted to see who it was; the one who’d removed her from that water, and the same one who’d resuscitated her with his breath. She knew it was the same person because he had the same scent, that unmistakable scent, that scent she’d never gotten enough of. She knew who the person that saved her was already, but she wanted to see it with her own eyes so the image would forever remain in her head, and as she opened them, she didn’t see those cold, dark blue eyes she’d always seen before. Instead, these eyes were warmer, these were eyes that showed love, that showed care, that showed concern. She also saw something unmistakable in those eyes; fear. But why was he afraid? What was he afraid of? Was it the fear of what just happened? The fear of losing her? Or the fear of losing his life? If anyone should be afraid, it should be her, but why did he look so afraid? Even more afraid than her.

　　“Praises be to the goddess!! She’s alive!!!” She heard Nani’s teary voice say, and Lucas looked away from her the minute he’d noticed her eyes had opened, she also didn’t miss the look of relief on his face. She was still in his arms, and he didn’t know the sudden move that came over him, but he pulled her close to him in embrace, burying his head in her shoulder, she could feel his warmth, just like that day at the forest, her body missed this warmth, this scent, her body missed it all.

　　He then stood and lifted her up, he carried her in his arms, her head on his chest, and very gently, he placed her hand on his neck. Her body was so cold; she’s awake, she’s conscious, but she’s weak, so very weak that if he had come here a second later, she would’ve been dead. The sound of her being dead would have loosened so many screws in his head, he couldn’t even bear to think of what would’ve happened if he’d lost her.

　　His men were still standing there, awaiting instructions, he rose his head towards them after looking at blonde in his arms, observing Ava one more time and proceeding to tell them what to do next.

　　“Filip, gather your men, with as much sand as possible. You’re going to drain the lake today, try to avoid the shocks as you do so. Starting from today, the forbidden lake will be no more.”

　　“Cian.”

　　“Yes master.”

herbs as you can find to soothe her internal wounds,

he’d never been this way since… since the former one died. She never thought that he’d have so much compassion in his life for any human being again until now, and now look at him, this was truly something to be hopeful for. Ava made him this way, she swore then that she’d do

　　“Kiron!”

　“Send for the pack’s healer to Ava’s room, I will take her there now and let him examine her body. Anything he needs to make her feel better will be provided, and when you’re done, you will guard her overnight will the guards on duty, you don’t have to worry about my room. Make sure you take care of her; I’m

　“Yes master, I will not let you

out the instructions he’d given them, only he and Ava now stood in front of the lake. She’d heard everything, but was too weak

stairs and into her bedroom. Laying

voice laced with tiny

　“Don’t ever scare me like that again. Do you

him, but she did, if only she had

　　“My lord.”

just arrived, with Kiron standing by him. They both