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A pained grunt broke out from his throat while his eyes opened, immediately enlarging at who they saw squatting beside him.

Ignoring the aches in his bones, Ace reached out, taking hold of his mate's hand, "Stefan..." He called. He stared at him unbelievingly, wondering if this was one of his many dreams of seeing his mate's face whenever he opened his eyes. "You are here?"

Stefan nodded, watching as Ace strived to pull himself up from the bed but Stefan placed his hands on his shoulders, pushing him back. "You were badly injured, you shouldn't move too much, "

"B-but..." Ace protested but was chimed in.

"I'm not going anywhere, I will always be here," Stefan expressed, his hand reaching out to cup the gamma on the cheek, caressing with his thumb, Ace immediately leaned into his touch, inhaling his mate's addicting scent, feeling protected in his presence.

"Does that mean you've forgiven me?" Ace ogled expectantly.

Stefan chuckled, brushing his finger on the Gamma's nose. "You silly,