*Arealla* I trusted Marcus' words, and I placed my head on his chest. It wouldn't be long now, and then all of this would fade. But I trusted that he would find his way to me again. I closed my eyes, listening to his heartbeat. I knew I had to sleep here, in the Moon sleep, and then I would wake in the real world. I felt my eyelids growing heavy, I couldn't open them now if I tried. Marcus was still speaking when I fell asleep, his words soothing me. Then I woke from the Moon sleep, and instantly, I wished that I could somehow go right back into it. I had been with Marcus. I had felt invincible. My power had been at my touch, my wolf had been at my side, and my mate and I had been one. But now that I had awoken, none of that was my reality any longer. And I awoke to find Jason leeri

