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I opened my eyelids slowly, just as I felt a strong throbbing right at my forehead now. I felt dizzy and thirsty at the same time. I don't know what had happened after I finished merging the two different souls inside my body earlier. I immediately felt like I was in darkness after the extremely bright light came out from inside the soul orb I had merged earlier.

Then after that, I didn't remember anything at all anymore. I felt that my body was under the control of something that I couldn't explain very well at the time. And now, my whole body feels very stiff and heavy. Hey, why does my body feel like it can't move at all?

"Ngghh..."

I tried to move my body with all my might. But it felt very difficult. Until then, I realized that there was a breath tickling right near my neck right now. It instantly made my breath tighten there. And I began to turn my head to look right at the source of the breath now.

"Elijah..."

I muttered instantly when I realized the existence of Elijah who was sleeping soundly while hugging my body tightly.

"Elijah... wake up..."

I muttered again while trying to give Elijah's body a small pat, with quite a bit of difficulty now. Given that Elijah was hugging my body tightly, it was very difficult for me to move my hands freely there. But the little pat I gave Elijah's body earlier, didn't have the effect I wanted there at all.

I let out my breath slowly, and decided to remain silent for a while. I was still looking at Elijah who was still sleeping peacefully there. Until not long after that, I could feel Elijah's breathing getting faster and there was a small wrinkle on his forehead now. Elijah was starting to feel uncomfortable with his sleep now. It was very clear from the expression on Elijah's face that he looked very disturbed there.

I don't know what is happening in Elijah's dream right now. Is it possible that Elijah is having a nightmare? But how could that be? I mean, Elijah is the Lycan King, is it possible that a Lycan can also have nightmares?

"Elijah... hey, Elijah. Wake up..."

I tried once again to wake Elijah up there, although the result was that Elijah remained asleep. But now Elijah was starting to become delirious.

"Lucia... Lucia... don't go. Don't leave me, please..."

Elijah shook his head several times with very fast movements there. And Elijah even started muttering my name in his sleep. Is it possible that Elijah was dreaming about me right now? Was it such a bad dream that Elijah was mumbling for me not to leave him? What kind of dream was it now?

"Don't... don't, Lucia. Don't go leaving me here alone. Lucia... please..."

Elijah was getting delirious in his sleep now. It immediately forced myself to expend all the energy I had now, in order to escape from Elijah's embrace which was getting tighter now. Elijah was terrified in his dream.

"Elijah! Elijah, wake up!"

With all my might, I was finally able to break free from Elijah's tight embrace there. I immediately sat my body on the bed, and faced right at Elijah who was still delirious while continuing to say my name in a tone of voice that sounded very frightened now.

"Elijah, wake up... it's me, Lucia. I'm fine. Elijah, let's get up."

I shook Elijah's body vigorously enough to wake him up from his sleep now. I've even patted Elijah's face quite a few times myself. But it was all in vain, Elijah didn't wake up.

"Elijah, oh my! Come on, wake up. Open your eyes, Elijah. It's me. I'm right here. I... I'm not going to leave you. What was in that dream of yours, Elijah?!"

I patted Elijah's face a few more times, but much harder this time. I didn't mean to hit or slap Elijah's face, but I thought that I had to do this immediately. Because if Elijah stayed in that state for too long in his dream right now, Elijah could end up asphyxiated later.

I prepared my left hand to slap Elijah. And... "ELIJAH!"

Plak

"AH! OH MY!"

Elijah exclaimed so loudly that he collapsed on the bed, with his right palm rubbing his right cheek which was starting to look red there. Elijah's shocked face and the pain there instantly made me sigh quite loudly. That made Elijah look at me now. Before I could say anything else, Elijah with a very quick movement pulled my body into his very tight embrace there.

"Oh my... I thought... I thought all those dreams were real. Thank God, you're okay."

I was silent with confusion and strange feelings at the same time now in the tight embrace Elijah was giving me. I have never once seen Elijah like this before. For some reason, I myself felt quite happy with the embrace that Elijah was currently giving me. But on the other hand, I also felt very worried about what was on Elijah's mind right now. For a while, I let Elijah hug my body tightly and calm himself down now.

"Are you okay, Lucia?"

Elijah murmured not long after, and began to release the hug he was giving me, then gently rubbed my face using his two large palms there. I could see how worried and anxious Elijah was from the look in his eyes toward me now. But, for some reason, my lips felt very stiff to be able to answer Elijah's words there. And I fell silent again.

"You... you'll never leave me, will you, Lucia?"

Both my eyelids were moving with a very uneasy feeling now. I didn't know what had happened in Elijah's dream. And why Elijah was reacting like this now. I didn't have any idea how to answer that very easily now. Is it possible that Elijah already knew about my plan?

The plan that I had prepared for when my revenge mission against Harrison and Felicity was completed. About my desire to go far away from Elijah's life, because I didn't want to end up having a debt of honor to Elijah that I might not be able to repay. And if Elijah knew about it, how could I avoid it?

"No..."

I decided to shake my head in a slow motion there. Even so, my eyes couldn't stop welling up with tears that suddenly came, and made my breathing feel very labored now.

"I... I will never go and leave you, Elijah. Never..."

Another lie that I told with great difficulty to Elijah there. I didn't know what I was doing now. I don't know what's going on with this reaction that my whole body is giving to Elijah's request over there. I don't understand.

Elijah didn't say anything after listening to the answer I gave him just now. The rubbing of Elijah's palms on my face continued. And I liked that. Very much. Elijah and I looked at each other now. I knew the silence between us had given me another very different atmosphere for myself. I wonder if Elijah feels the same way.

"Don't even think about going and leaving me, Lucia." Elijah muttered at last. Elijah's eyes were locked on mine now. It was all very intense. And it was like I couldn't avoid it at all.

"If you go and leave me alone in this pack... then, you should know, that I will definitely find a way to find you again. And when I find you again, don't expect there to be any way for you to get away from me again. There will be no way for you to just walk away, Lucia."

"I know..."

Those were the only two words I could say to Elijah right now. Even so, I felt very obedient to Elijah. Was that possible, now that I was a full-fledged hybrid? And did it all happen because Elijah himself was a Lycan King? Elijah certainly had a huge effect with his aura and also his power that could be more than a hybrid like me.

"You are very special and also very precious to me, Lucia... I hope you know that."

Slowly, Elijah brought his face closer to mine, and placed a small peck on my lips now. I stared in disbelief at Elijah there, shocked by Elijah's actions that I had not thought of before. Elijah almost never even gave me a peck on the lips like that.

"You are very precious in my life. And... it would break my heart if you decided to leave me."

Elijah rubbed my face gently again. I myself was almost unsure whether Elijah was in a fully conscious state or not, in speaking to me with all the words he had said since earlier.

"I will never leave you. I promise. I will never do that."

In the end, I dared myself to say that, even though I didn't want to. But somehow my lips moved and answered that sentence to Elijah. The thing that I should have paid more attention to, before talking to Elijah in this very serious situation right now. And I couldn't help myself. It was like two things I wanted at the same time.

Not long after that, Elijah, who had been silent, began to bring his face closer to me again. Elijah kissed my lips again, but instead of just kissing, he kissed me for a long time. This time it felt more intense and also stronger. Elijah laid me down, and I knew that this was going to be a long night for me and Elijah to spend together. Things I had never done before, I ended up doing it with Elijah.