The sight of a genuine smile on his scarred face took Taika’s breath away. Pure happiness, even if it was at something so small and so brief was enough to reignite her love and her longing. In that single smile she was more convinced than ever he was her lost Prince, the King of her heart. Nothing would have been able to truly take him away from her. In that instant, she saw her Edrick smiling out at her. It was not the sight that was the same, but the feeling. She would have done anything for him in that moment. Her tail waved eagerly, excited to try this thing he held as a treasure. I can’t wait! She exclaimed, picking up her pace in her excitement to try it.

He halts. Taika was so surprised she tripped. Turning back at him, her head tilted to the side, lips curving down in concern. She watched with baited breath as something clearly started to happen within him. Daring not make a sound and break the spell she stood still as stone until at last he shattered. He cried and she was at his side in a heartbeat. Her body pressed close against him, giving him any part of her she could.

No… She whispered softly to him. You did not fail me. You could never fail me. Under his chin she twisted and pressed her nose to his cheek, breathing in his scent and the magic that was him. If you had not left you would not be the wolf I know you to be. You were looking for your family, and you trusted I was safe. There is nothing you can be blamed for. Her tongue washed lovingly over his face. At this point she did not care if he really remembered everything, or if it was her place to assume that he had. She yearned for her lover and would revel in what she had of him, if even for the heartbeats it lasted.