the sweet dreams that we knew so well

He tried not to think about what could and should have been, it only served to hurt him more. Worse he wouldn’t want to leave her. His heart was in two very different places at once. The first part remained in the living world. Their daughters and more importantly than ever, Samara remained there waiting for him. Vaguely he remembered the fact that it was her in his physical arms and not Shaye. The second was here, with the one he most wanted in the universe.

She returned his words, assuring him that she was always proud of their children and his heavy eyes returned to her as he pushed through the tortured feeling. Then she was next to him. Her sweet scent filled his senses and he felt like he needed to gasp for breath. His heart beat heavily in his chest and he grit his teeth through his tears as he found her gaze with his own. Rhyme felt the stabbing pain of when he first lost her, but as her paw gently lifted his chin he relaxed against her.

His blue and lavender eyes didn’t leave her as she spoke to him softly, she couldn’t be disappointed in him and as she went on she reminded him of who he was. She needed him to be alive, he couldn’t stay here with her like they both wanted. He needed to be there for their girls where she couldn’t be. ”I know.” He told her quietly, closing his eyes and leaning into her touch as she kissed away his tears. ”I almost forgot though, I was too weak.” He told her as he relinquished his boundaries and wrapped her into a loving embrace. Affection that he had sorely missed. ”I just wish.. I wish you were still there beside me.” His voice was a hoarse whisper as he spoke the words that haunted him since her death.

”So much has changed.” He told her as he held her, burying his features into her soft unearthly fur. ”Theory is a brilliant alpha, Motif is finding her courage, Poem looks after Rhythm…” He sighed heavily. ”She lives in Abaven now,” he took another breath. ”I.. I almost came to join you after..” after she died. ”Samara,” did she remember the tiny Klein woman. ”She saved me and I… You know you’re my true love.” He struggled, but he had to say it. ”She’s put my heart back together.” Could he confess to Shaye how he was falling in love with Samara?