Chapter 56: Appointed

I was shocked and immobilized by having Niccolo's face closer to me.

How?

How did I find myself being in his arms? Why did his arms feel like home?

I snapped back when his hand reached me and gently wiped away my tears. "You are crying again..." he said in a distressed tone.

Niccolo's words had brought me to tears again. "I-I thought you are V-Valerian..." I said through sobbing. "Your tunic... smelled like his scent..." Now that I realized it, it seemed like a perfume he had on it. Or it seemed like the hyacinth flowers were smeared on his clothes.

That ached my heart more since I really expected that it was Valerian.

But... how about my wolf? My wolf whispered that scent came from my mate—from Valerian. And it came from this tavern... I couldn't be wrong. I was not having hallucinations...

People eating in the tavern looked in our way or, more likely, glared in Niccolo's direction when they knew a lady was crying. Niccolo felt that but did not panic and gently brought me outside.

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