A cold breeze blew by, causing me to shiver. I felt the arms around me tighten, making me sigh into the warm form I was resting against. I tilted my head up to look at their face. His warm, vibrant blue eyes looked into my soft robin's egg ones. A smile tugged at his graceful mouth from the eye contact, though it was strained. The woods complimented his features perfectly. His broad but lean build, his copper hair, his broad jaw speckled with short scruffy facial hair. He looked like the man of the wild that I knew and loved. His large hand glided up gracefully to brush my fair gold locks from my heart shaped face, then allowed his fingers to linger upon my rosy cheek. A small tear glittered in the corner of my eye, threatening to betray my calm mask. I felt my heart ache as the treacherous tear fell from my eye, only to be wiped away by his thumb. "Please do not cry Johanna, my love. I'll be back for you as soon as I can. I promise." His thick British voice whispered to me huskily, overwhelmed with passion. His words were meant to be comforting, though I found no comfort in them as my calm demeanor shattered and i began to weep uncontrollably. "Oh Niklaus," I croaked out, my voice hoarse with my grief. "I will miss you so much." His blue eyes were filled with sadness as he studied my face, as if he were trying to imprint it into his memory forever. "I know, but i must do this. I have to break this damned curse! I cannot live like this anymore, feeling like half of me is missing. Please understand Johanna, please." He held my tear stained face in his hands as he pleaded with me to understand. I nodded my head softly "I know... and i do understand..." I choked out between bitter tears. I understood exactly what he wanted, and I would never dare to try and stop him. He didn't deserve it, he never did. He had never been given a chance to prove himself. To prove his mother wrong, and that he wouldn't just be an abomination derived from her wrongdoing. He shouldn't be the one being punished for her crime. But most of all he just wanted to be what he truly was and not feel incomplete. He simply wanted freedom. We stood there for a long while, not wanting to let each other go. Since the first day of meeting we had never left each others sides, and now he was leaving. Leaving on a journey that could take eternity. I hugged him tighter, so tight that I thought my arms would break. He kissed my forehead, my nose, then finally my plump trembling lips as he loosened my grip. We held hands for a moment, then without a word, he was gone. I wasn't upset he didn't say goodbye, goodbyes were too painful. Besides, we would see each other again. Someday. I looked around the snow covered forest. Another cold breeze rolled by and shook me, so i drew my red hood closer then turned and left. I headed deeper into the woods, away from the small village I had called home for the past few years. I decided I would rejoin my pack in Mystic Falls until he would come for me. Then I would never be alone again. I would have my hybrid.