LIA’s POV I slowly opened my eyes, and the familiar garden greeted me—a place I often shared with my mate. Yet, that wasn’t the reason I was grinning from ear to ear. The source of my happiness was towering over me, his shadow looming over me and forming a protective shield over me, and my smile came easy. “Adrian.” I sighed as I saw him, and suddenly I could breathe easier. I know it sounds cliché, but I haven’t been able to breathe easy since he left, and right now, as soon as I saw him, everything was slowly going back to how it should have been. “My love.” I was rewarded with one of his charming smiles, a very rare feat that no other person could see, and I melted into a puddle like a hot chocolate. He stretched out his hands towards me, and I took it, letting him pull me up until

