His mother had told him stories of the mate she had adored many many years before he had been born. The purity of their love and how happy she had been, it seemed like her stories would inspire him to crave those same feelings, he just hadn't noticed until they were staring him in the face. He would realize that she was what he wanted, he didn't want to live alone anymore, he wanted to enjoy life with Novella. He'd find his glinty teeth would show through in a rather large smile as she would do as he. Her words would echo his earlier statement, and butterflies would arise and twirl about in his stomach. "You're very special Novella, I'm glad you found me that night." He'd go back to whispering in her ears as he moved to embrace her once more, somehow not being able to get close enough to her.
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