There was not a flaw that he could find when he looked at Malleah. On the surface, she was beauty personified to him. He knew that there was a lot he still needed to learn about her but he was under the impression that they had the rest of their lives to do just that. He just wanted this other male out of her life and out of the picture. He didn't care they might have several children between them. Exodus didn't want him to touch her ever again and he was fighting every malevolent feeling in his body to keep from tracking her to him and giving him a real piece of his mind. Somehow, Exodus didn't think that was the way to approach this problem. He had to be patient, even though it wasn't a big part of his life anymore. When he was younger, patience came easily because he was used to others leaving him. River left him as a pup and Natalya died not long after his birth. Devil was never around much to begin with and after his birth, he all but disappeared. Bellatrix was here and gone again and again until she just didn't come back. And then he had gone and left Malleah and it hurt like hell to know he had done what so many others had done to him.

He wasn't a user and he never would ask anything of Malleah, only her happiness. If anyone asked, he would say he still is the selfish one here because he wants things. She just wouldn't have to do anything for him to get those things. He wanted to bask in her gaze and be able to look at her beauty any time he wants. He wanted to be able to touch her whenever he wanted to and more than that, he wanted to be able to call her his. Looking at her now only brought all that back to the surface. When he was away, he only thought of her as something to focus on, a thought that wouldn't go away so he accepted it as a sign that he needed to go back to Moladian. She was the angel behind closed lids when he went to sleep and the guardian who warned him when there was danger. She was the voice in his ear, telling him to be patient when he needed to wait for the right opportunity. But here before him now, she is so much more than that.

He was never going to imprint. He knew that from a young age. Maybe someone mentioned that if you didn't find them by a certain age then you weren't going to. Maybe it was a WISTFUL feeling in your gut that there was no other half to your soul and you were on your own. He had a moment of being sad about it before he decided to suck it up and continue on with life. It didn't mean that he would be alone the rest of his life. He would find someone in his own time. His heart only wanted one though and for now, she was taken. She planned to leave him though and that was something, right? The devil was in the details but Exodus wasn't going to push. Maybe he didn't want to know what she was hiding about her plan to leave the male. He would leave that secret with her, as long as he got to see her again.

She seemed so happy when he said that he would be there. That alone made his heart feel like it was flying. Who needs imprints when you have this, right? She said that she would find him and his tail gave a happy swish. He glanced toward her stomach too when she mentioned being lighter, wondering what would happen to the pups. Would she raise them without the male, maybe let him be a father figure, or would she work something out with the male so that they could both be in their lives? He didn't want to ask for the details, sure that she would have a plan. He wasn't even thinking about whether they would get a chance to have pups of their own. Children were the last thing on his mind when he had her to take up all corners of it. Even if Malleah never wanted to have another litter, he would be happy as long as he had her.

I WILL WAIT FOR YOU."
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