Hope's POV.
"Where are you taking me, Malakar?" I ask with a giggle in my voice as I trail along behind Malakar. He's holding onto my hand as he leads me through the forest blinfolded.
"You'll see soon enough. Patience my sweet mate." His voice filled with playful wonder.
My stomach turns once, twice with excited curiosity. I honestly don't know what's gotten into him today, but I like this side of him... a lot - playful, mysterious, excited. It's a side that I haven't really seen before, not surprising at all with everything that's been going on. I mean, I first met Malakar because he had a silver bullet lodged between his ribs and needed a skilled pair of hands to remove it, and ever since that fateful day, our lives together have been one battle after the other - whether it be a phys
