Tara wanted to free her wrists from his hands, but for some reason, she found herself losing strength under his gaze, especially when he was asking her to stay.

However, she thought now was the time to tell him what she wanted to do since the moment she heard he got hurt because of her.

She said as she lowered her head, "I am sorry, Azu...I really am...I never thought you would get hurt...like this...I should have protected you.." Tara began to sob, but she tried her best to stifle it since she didn't want to appear weak before him.

"Will you forgive me?" She asked with her head still lowered as she held his hand softly and with a pained tone added, "I c-can stay away...if you don't want to see me anymore.."

Azu felt his eyes becoming warm, seeing that she was feeling so guilty and sad about what happened to him, and decided to tell her what he really felt.

He held her hand and raised her chin as he looked at her captivating watery blue eyes, "Tara, you did nothing wrong for me to forgive you or for you to be sorry about. It was my fault that I ended up like this. If only I was not weak, then things wouldn't be like this. But no more...I have decided to not be weak anymore...This time I will learn to protect myself and people I care about...including you."

The skies had turned dusky as the sun finally decided to rest, letting the night slowly take over.

Hearing his words, Tara felt her heart becoming lighter as a warm feeling spread across her chest. She slowly looked up to meet his gaze and saw an astonishing change as his crimson eyes slowly faded away, only to be replaced by a mystical blue.

She couldn't understand what was going on, but she could sense that Azu's aura had undergone a complete change compared to a moment ago. Even his hands began to feel cold rather than warm.

Before, his aura was warm and fiery yet gentle, but now his aura felt cold yet fierce, with an intoxicating charm emanating from his entire person.

Even though she thought that she wasn't fond of anything cold, his cold hand surprisingly made her body heat up through his touch. Just a few moments ago, she didn't feel anything of that sort, but the moment his eyes turned a blue shade similar to hers, she strangely couldn't take her eyes off him.

Azu was feeling strange as well as his eyes peered into her mesmerizing blue eyes. He suddenly felt the blood in his body dancing in excitement in her presence, making him unconsciously hold her hands tighter.

He felt as if the world around him was fading away, and only this bewitching beauty was present before him.

Tara was feeling no different as every inch of her soul began to shake in excitement in the presence of this devilishly handsome man who seemed to exude a fatal charm she found impossible to resist.

His manly scent was dulling all her senses, making her feel intoxicated, and she felt her body burning up like never before. She never felt such a feeling in her life before, but she wasn't ignorant to not know that every werewolf would feel like this the moment they naturally resonate with another werewolf to be their potential mate.

Not every werewolf would feel this since this was a very rare phenomenon that was only said to occur when a pair of werewolves of opposite genders perfectly sync with each other physically and emotionally till they unconsciously imprint on each other, strengthening their bonds to a whole new level.

When a male and female werewolf experience this phenomenon, it was believed that they would have the ability to strengthen their bloodline by bonding physically and emotionally and would be at their strongest when the two are together.

Tara never expected that this phenomenon would be happening to her, at least not this soon. However, right now, her mind was too engrossed in looking into his eyes, she couldn't afford to think about anything else.

Before they knew it, both of their bodies had gotten closer, and all Azu felt at that moment was to get closer to her, just like Tara.

Tara was 183cms tall, and she unconsciously raised her feet as her face got closer to his while Azu also involuntarily lowered his head as if her pink petal-like lips were magnetically attracting him towards it.

The two of them looked like they were embracing each other and about to have their lips touched against each other.

But..

"Where is he?!!"

A tremor passed through the hills as a booming voice of an angry man echoed throughout the region, bringing Azu and Tara out of their dazed state before looking up with confused expressions.

Tara could still feel her heart racing like never before because of what was happening a moment ago. However, hearing the shout, she discarded all other thoughts as she recognized something, making her frown.

"Oh no...he is here."

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Azu's expression became slightly grave as he looked at her and asked, "You don't mean.."

"The Frost King is here. He must be here for Eli and.." Tara bit her lip as she couldn't complete her sentence since she didn't want Azu to get into trouble, and keeping him in the dark seemed like a better option.

"Her father? I should get back! It sounds like he is angry at her," Azu said worriedly as he began to climb upwards.

"Wait! If you go, he...he might hurt you!" Tara wanted to stop him since she couldn't tell how Eli's father would react upon seeing Azu, especially since Eli gave away her Origin Blood to Azu.

Even if other vampires weren't able to notice it, her own father would be able to since she belonged to his direct bloodline.

Surely this would also mean he can notice it from Azu as well.

Azu stopped hearing her words and turned his head around as he said in a low voice, "Maybe...But I can't let Eli face everything alone like all these years. She had been defending me, even against her own father. It's time I stopped hiding behind her and instead be there for her so that she wouldn't feel alone."

Azu was inwardly feeling very scared about facing her father, but he was suppressing his fear for Eli.

Tara parted her lips to say something, but listening to him and seeing the determination in his eyes, she felt as if she couldn't stop him, nor should she.

"Okay...But I am coming with you!" Tara said resolutely, much to Azu's surprise, though suddenly everything began to fade out, making Viktor, who was deeply living and experiencing everything so far through Azu, begin to regain his senses.

"No...What was going to happen...Eli...Tara...why do I feel like I know these two but at the same time don't remember anything about them? What happened to them? How did I lose my memories? What kind of a life was I living? Did I really have parents?" Viktor mumbled absentmindedly as his mind was filled with countless questions after experiencing and seeing all this.

"Aros? Are you okay?" Suddenly Viktor felt as if a soft hand was caressing his head and recognized this familiar voice as Sae's.

"Sae?" Viktor opened his eyes languidly as he saw a breathtaking beauty's face looking at him happily from above.