Chapter 45 : The Mate Bond

*Arealla*

The world was jarring, after being in the Moon Sleep for so long. The Goddess had come to me again. This time, she had stayed so very long. She wouldn't say if I would survive or not, and I don't think it was because she hadn't known. I think it was because she had wanted to give me the chance to see for myself.

But she had answered more than a few of my questions. Especially those about myself, and where I came from.

I should have gone to the Moon that much sooner.

But now she was gone, and I was staring up at the woman that was my mother.

I pushed myself into a sitting position, with Marcus cautiously helping me. But I didn't need the help. I knew that I had been dying, that I had been weaker. But everything was different now. I could feel my mother's blood coursing through my veins. It was like liquid gold, healing and spinning everything into place.

Once I was sitting, I regarded my mother. She looked so much like me. We had the same eyes, the same lips, the s