Chapter 326: Is this real?

River POV

I can hear someone talking but I can't tell if it's real or not. They smell so good. I know that smell, it's so familiar but I can't place it. Is this a dream. I feel his lips on mine that boy with the golden eyes. His hands shake almost as bad as mine. Then I hear him talking but his voice doesn't match. His voice is much deeper then I remember "Why can't I get you out of my head and why did you have to come back?" Such mean words but the way he says them doesn't feel mean, the words feel confusing like he's in pain too. I hear that name coming from his lips as he squeezes my hand "Amorina I love you please come back to me." His voice sounds so broken, so scared. It trembles when he calls for me. Then a voice I know my heart skips a beat as I feel his breath close to my ear. Who's there? Who are you? I can feel the darkness loosen it's grip on me slowly. I can hear him calling to me "Amorina." My stomach rolls and I'm filled with warmth as I listen to him call for me. I shiver when I hear my name leave his lips.

"River I love you. I loved you then and I still love you to this day, but I can't keep my promise to him anymore not when I know how much I've hurt you, everything that happened to you was because of me." I can hear the pain and sadness in his voice. I want to pull him to me, I want to kiss those lips that those words full of pain comes from. My eyes try to open but they're too heavy. I feel his warmth leaving, pulling from me.

I take a deep breath and everything comes falling back in to place. It's him! It's him, he's here and he's here to save me! He saves me over and over again.

"Denalii" I whisper.

I feel him jump. I look up at him,  I reach for him.  I need to touch him, I need to know if this is real.

He jerks away from my touch. I reach for him again.

"Denalii." This time tears run from my eyes. He moves closer to me and my breath hitches.

"River I'm here, I'm right here baby." I feel his warm arms wrap around me tightly.

He's real! He's really here, I'm not alone anymore. He's come to save me, he's here to take me away from this horrible place.

I grab his shirt pulling him closer to me. I open my eyes and I see those same golden eyes looking at me, holding me to him.

"Is this real? Are you here to save me?" I ask. I'm confused, could this be a trick?

His beautiful eyes fill with tears "I'm real. I'm right here River." I lean up and press my lips to his. I need to feel him. I touch his face, my fingers feel the wetness of his tears.

"Denalii." He's real! It's really real! His arms lift me to his lap. He moves his head to mine. His mouth moves against mine, slow and warm. I open my lips slightly as I feel his tongue press against them. My mind swirls chasing away the fog. I can feel everything! His hand on my chin holding my head to his. His other hand lightly against my back now pushing me tighter against his chest. The way his chest moves in and out. His heart thumping just as hard as mine. The firm but tender way his mouth moves against mine.

I look up at him. I move my hand to his cheek wiping away his tears.

"What's wrong bear?" I ask as my mind clears.

I feel his chest rumbling moving quickly in and out. He's crying.

"Nothings wrong my love, my Amorina." He kisses my face everywhere over and over again.

"I love you." I say softly "It was you! It was always you!" I say as I press my lips hard against his. Our tears mix in with our kiss. My hands roam over his body like it's the first time touching him.

I lift his arms and pull his shirt off. He shivers and kisses me holding my face gently in his hands. I kiss his chest down and back up to his neck, kissing his neck from on end to another.

"River?" He says. I shake my head "Please. I just need to feel you against me." He lifts my face to his again.

"I love you too." He says looking in my eyes. My eyes fill with tears.

"Amorina. I'm sorry my love. I'm so sorry, please forgive me." He cries out. Tears streaming down his face. My tears fall just as fast as his. He scoots down pulling me with him. He just hold me as we both let our tears fall. His phone rings and his face lights up.

"I think she'd rather hear your voice then mine." He answers and hands me his phone.

"Daddy it's big hero six you like this movie."

My heart races as my tears fall faster. It's her! It's my Annie, my sweet baby.

"Daddy? Daddy can you hear me?"

"Annie." I choke out. It's quiet for a minute then she screams "MOMMY!"

"Mommy!" She cries. I can hear her breathing hard and she sounds like she sobbing.

"Annie I love you baby." I cry.

"Mommy I'm crying happy tears. I love you too mommy. I missed your pretty voice mommy. I want to go home and see you."

"I want that too my baby bunny."

"Oh my god Annie why are you crying?" I hear someone ask.

"Who the fucks this?"

"Lucky?" I hear the phone fall the noise hurts my ear.

"Enchantress?!" I hear the trembling in his voice.

"Lucky. Hi my muffin it's me, I'm here." I hear him suck in a breath. He doesn't answer for a minute.

"Baby your awake! Oh god River. We're coming home. PICKLE!" He's rushing around, I can hear voices as It sounds like he's moving through people.

"I want to go home daddy. I want my mommy please daddy let's go home." Annie says crying.

"Annie, Lucky, no no what happened? Fuck I knew I shouldn't have left her fuck!"

"Denalii what happened? We're coming FUCK!"

"Honey." I say softly.

"River? Oh god baby. It's you!" He's choking on his words. I hear him sniffing, he's crying.

"Luca come home." I say through my tears.

"He's going to be pissed." Denalii laughs.

I look at him for a minute.

"He hasn't left your side the whole time. They pretty much had to force him to agree to leaving you." Denalii says kissing my cheek as his arms wrap around me tighter.

"I'm coming my love. Kitten I love you." He says softly.

"I love you too. I'll see you when you get here."

Denalii takes the phone and tosses it to the other side of me.

"How long?" I ask him.