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"Hey, girl! You are worrying us now especially Nikolai. He misses you so much. We all miss you." Mina was again visiting her new sister, her visits usually consist of changing her clothes with the doctor, combing her hair, keeping her hygiene up and just talking to her while listening to their favorite songs. She began to brush her friend's hair getting lost in memories.

"I never got to thank you. You gave me back my brother. I thought Matthew had gotten to you but you sure proved me wrong. Accepting him is one thing. The next part is actually being with him. As you realize, Niko isn't your normal alpha. With you in the picture now, I have a feeling a lot of shit is going to happen. I just need you to be there for him. He hasn't fully reached his true potential, daddy said him being a prince is just temporary, I don't quite understand but whatever trials he has to go through please be by his side" Mina paused and looked down at Sienna. Her bruises were no more, her bones- the doctor says the casts would come off in a day or so. They are fully mended but kept them in the casts as a precaution. Overall she was healed but she was taking her time to heal, while her wolf gets back her strength.

"Come back to us Sienna" She finally said. Finish up the braid in her hair, she took a quick look at the time and smiled. "Gotta go, he will be here soon. I imagine his visits with you many consist of, him, talking about work and pack stuff. Completely dull if you ask me,. You are a champ for enduring it all." she laughed kissing her friend's cheek.



Spirit Realm

"Sienna" the melodic voice she grew used to in her dreams was calling out to her. Using the swing was her favorite thing to do and playing with Lana but it wasn't enough for her. Something was missing and she knew what it was.

"Yes Mother" she answered jumping off the swing, Lana came to her side immediately. Sienna walked towards the bench they shared for their talks beside the lake. Mother was already seated with her white-blonde hair blowing in the wind. "How are you feeling now?" she asked. "Much better. The nightmares are gone but," Sienna answered.

"You miss him. He misses you too," she said turning to the lake. They stayed silent, watching the wind dance between the leaves of the trees. "Are you ready?" was the question she has been asking since she came here. The memory of being kidnapped was still fresh in her mind but she was no longer shaking in fear.

"I accepted him. I accepted everything that entails him as a person, as a high alpha, as a prince. Most of all I accepted him as one of the creators of us all, our original being him now. It would be hard. I know that but I want, no need him in my life."

Mother nodded at her answer, it was this clarity she wanted the new princess to reach before sending her back. "What happened to you is only the beginning. Stand by his side and protect each other, protect your people. Everything you two go through is for a reason; don't doubt the things that come to you. I know both you and Nikolai will make it through it all, Vadim is there to help. It's his second chance at life with a human after his first one was cut short but this one, I gave him this one for a reason." Mother told Sienna hoping the young princess truly be ready for it all. Sienna nodded, thinking of a certain guy with oceanic blue eyes and dimpled smile. Her Nicky.

"I'm ready" she whispered.

~~~~~

Music...

The first thing that reached her ears when she came to was music but not just any music, her favorite song 'Don't Let me down by The Chainsmokers.' Everything seem like a blur, her body felt awfully weak, her eyes felt dry and so did her throat. She tried to move her body and something cool brushed against her bare shoulders, gingerly she tried to open her eyes. Inch by Inch she opened them, the room was filled with soft light, making it easy for her to adjust to her new surroundings. The walls were cream with very exquisite gold wall furnishings. This definitely wasn't her room in New York she thought. Slowly she sat up and took in the room, to her, it was something out of a magazine, from the bed frames to the carpets of the room it screamed majestic.

Her right hand was itching, still looking around she reached for her hand then immediately looked down - a cast. How bad was I hurt? She asked herself. Sienna looked around again, 'I think we are in Russia' she told Lana. Whoever took care of her did a great job, she was dressed in a thin cotton nightgown reaching her mid-thigh, her hair was braided and she didn't stink.

Silk sheets, expensive sleepwear, extraordinary room, great care, Nikolai surely spoiled her.

She was about to get out of the bed when the double doors at the farther side of the room opened easily. From the person's scent she knew who it was, clutching the sheets she just wanted him to pass those doors to get a look at him. She wanted to see him, she longed to see him. He didn't look up when he closed the door or even when he threw his briefcase on the chaise. "Hello Angel..." he began while sitting on the peach and gold designed armchair. Sienna wanted to respond to him but he kept talking, it seems as if this was a routine to him. He was talking knowing he won't get a response. Tears welled in her eyes, realizing how devoted he was to her. How he longed to talk to her, how he involved her in his days.

"Work was eh... good? Lots of meetings. I thought about you a lot. I miss your smile. Your voice, your touch. I miss you." he continued. She tried to call out to him but her throat was too parched. His head was in hands, clutching at his now somewhat lengthy hair, his beard was unshaven and his body showed signs of exhaustion and tension but all those things made him even more desirable. All she wanted was to hold him and let him know she was awake. She was here for him.

"Please wake up" he said with a crack in his voice. Not able to take it anymore she stretched over to the bedside table and knocked on it three times. His attention went to the door then around the room, Sienna sat up keeping her gaze on him then.... his gaze met hers. The air stilled around them, only the racing of each other's hearts and heavy breathing was heard. Words didn't make it past their tongues only their eyes conveyed to each other how much they missed each other and how happy they were to see each other.

Tears that were welled in his eyes now rolled down his cheeks as he took her in, tears were now in her eyes as she got a full view of him as he slowly stood up. Dark circles were beneath his eyes but those were insignificant compared to the smile he had on his face just for her.

"Hi" she croaked. Nikolai found himself by her side, her in his arms and his lips pressed against hers.

She was awake.

She was awake and kissing him back. Her fingers were in his hair tugging gently, oh how he missed her touch, her taste. "I missed you." he said against her lips before claiming them again. Lowering her back down on the bed, he deepened the kiss, telling her everything, every emotion he felt while she was asleep. "My angel. My Enna" he mumbled as he ghosted his lips across her jaw to her neck. Sienna wrapped her arms around his neck as he lowered his muscular frame on her petite one. He didn't want to let her go; burying his face on his neck he listened to her sobs as she kissed him all over his face. Her sobs brought more tears to his eyes. "I thought I will never see you again" she croaked. Her words made him tightened his hold on her. "I knew I had to escape. Escape and return to you. I couldn't leave you. I couldn't allow them to hurt you that way," she cried.

Sienna didn't know when the tears came, maybe it was the reality of having him in her arms once again, hearing how broken he was when he thought she wasn't going to wake up. "I have you back. Not letting you go" he said in her ear.

"Don't let me go. Never let me go" she said. Propping himself up on his elbows, he turned her face towards him. "I promise" he whispered getting lost in her brown eyes. He wanted to claim her lips once more, knowing him he wouldn't stop but he has to take care of her first.

"Oh. Welcome home, princess" he said grinning down at her. She chuckled at his silliness cupping his cheek, she was truly home. Where ever he was, she was home.



"You sure kept us on our toes your majesty," the doctor said. Sienna still couldn't get used to people acknowledging her as 'Your Majesty'. After another hot make-out session with her persistent mate, she finally convinced him to call the doctor to come check her out. Seated in her suite's sitting room, the doctor was removing her cast as she slowly drank some juice and eating a few slices of toast. Nikolai kissed her temple and kept his arm around her shoulders. "Scared me every day" he admitted looking at her. Kissing his lips chastely, she apologized only to have him shake his head and nuzzle his nose in the crook of her neck, taking in her scent.

"There. Done. Now, it may be a bit hard but after a week in bed and in one position, you have to move around a lot. Exercise your limbs." she ordered.

"I will. Thank you for caring for me." Sienna said smiling up at the doctor. "Anything for my princess," she said proudly before bowing and taking her leave.

A moment of comfortable silence passed between them before she turned to him. "Is everyone okay? My parents? My brother? Your family?"

He nodded in response and simply kissed her knuckles, telling her that they were all fine. "And the men... who..."

For that question, his eyes turned dark in which he lowered his head, she understands the brief shame. "Do not be ashamed of doing your duty. If it was the other way around I would do it too." She said strongly. Nikolai raised his eyes back up to hers, frowning, "Yes. You heard me. I would kill for you. Never did it but I will do it for you. No one hurts you and gets away with it. Just as you did for me. We protect each other." Her words were fierce and ignited a fire deep within him. He growled lowly and crashed his lips against hers, taking it all in, and the softness of her lips and the fruity taste of her favorite fruit juice - pineapples. Sienna laughed against his lips at how demanding his kisses were but didn't complain. To Nikolai, this woman he had in his arms was so damn rare, who would have thought having your mate talking about killing for you would be such a major turn on.

Reluctantly he pulled away and rested his forehead against hers. "We have the rest of our lives," she said trying to regulate her breathing. He nodded happily, kissing her nose, right then and there he wanted to tell her but the words just wouldn't come out. "Enna?!" he called out to her.

"Enna? Why are you calling me Enna?" she asked taken aback by the name. "Vadim made name for you. I love it. Don't you?" he shortly explained. She tried out the name again in her head, "I love it" she said.

But not as much as I love you she said but it wasn't out loud to the person who looked at her like the most precious gem in the world. One day she will gain the courage to tell him.