I wake the next morning with a new outlook on life. I feel stronger than I have ever felt in my life. Adrian is still sleeping and I let my mind wonder to our future. I daydream about what our pups will look like and if they will be boys or girls or both. I smile just imagining them. Then I wonder if my parents are still alive, how we will find them? I shiver at the thought of them suffering in a dungeon somewhere cold and afraid. Adrian says, “What’s wrong” pulling me closer, "I am just thinking about my parents. I am scared that they are suffering and I need to know, Nickolas needs his parents." “I know and I have already started the search” Adrian says. "Wait, you already started the search?" “Yes” he says and snuggles his face into my neck. My mark instantly tingles

