It was two days and no one had heard from their leader. He had not slept, eaten, or hunted at all. Lucian remained by his daughter's bedside. So many thoughts had raced through his mind. He thought about the night he met her, all the times she was sick, and every birthday that had gone by in a flash. Sonja would have loved her. Lucian remembered a conversation around the campfire. One of the men had brought up the idea of reincarnation. That people who die come back as something else...or someone else. He looked upon his slumbering daughter deeply. Could his love had come back as this girl? Her spirit was the same, they even looked similar. Lucian was lost in his thoughts that he didn't even know he fell asleep.

Raze walked in and found his friend sleeping on the side of the bed. When he shut the door, Lucian sprang awake. He settled when he realized who had walked in the door. "Lucian," Raze says worried,"Why don't you go to bed in your own room. I can stay and watch her..."

Lucian nods his head. There was silence as the two watched the covers rise and fall shallowly. "She was so beautiful," Lucian says.
Raze could tell that he has not slept in the two days and nearly dilerious. "She still is," Raze says.

Lucian smirks in thought. "I taught her to cherish her body. Living in a camp...a castle of men, I told her that she should not give up her most precious gift of innocence to any man, but the man she chooses as her husband...her mate...now look at her...she gave it away."

"She gave it out of love," Raze says,"for you. She thought she would be doing something for you and for all of us..."

Lucian considers this fact,"But what man is going to want a shell of a woman lacking the thing all women are supposed to have on their wedding night?"

"Any man would be honored..." Raze kneels down before Lucian's feet,"I would be honored." Lucian's brow furrows in momentary confusion. "Lucian," Raze says slightly nervous as he lowers his head submissively,"With your permission, I would like to take Amelia as my mate for the rest of my life."

Lucian looks surprised. "Raze?" he says confused.

"Lucian since I have been back I have met a new woman in your daughter. She is as brave as she is beautiful. I have always favored her company and now that she is of age I want nothing more to take my place as her confidant and protector."

Lucian smiles,"Rise my friend." Raze stands. "You have my blessing, but you are going to have to win her love. I let Amelia make her own decisions."

Raze smiles,"I will do my best."

"I didn't know you had these feelings my friend," Lucian says thinking.

"I have always had a soft spot for your daughter when she was but a little girl, but when I returned and saw her as a woman, I could not stop the stirring of my heart."

Lucian nods her head,"I would be happy to see my daughter with my first in command and my loyal friend."

"Do you think it will be okay for a lycan and human union?" Raze asks thinking to himself.

Lucian shrugs,"There was a lycan vampire union," he says laughing," so I don't know..." Suddenly he gets an epiphany, but before he can answer they hear a small noise from the bed.