Chapter 52 - Finding out the hard way

Nicolai just looked up at him blankly. 'It really can't be… Dylan is that.. is that you….'

He did not know what it was.. shock or full-on panic.

The eyes looking back down at him were very familiar. It was similar to that baby he held in his arms that fateful day. He could not deny it any longer….

"You ..." he reached out for him. Visibly, his hands were trembling as he caressed his cheeks.

"Nico," he gently held his hand and nuzzled his face against it. "I've waited.. patiently… just to feel your hand on my skin…"

"Dylan…"

"Yes it's me, Nico…" he gently kissed his trembling fingertips.

He did not even know what to say.. he was frozen in shock. The warm feeling in his fingertip really brought him back to reality. "h-how.. how are you…"

"Alive? Turns out that since I've put my mate bond on you at a young age we kind of share the same time frame. You're a vampire who is immortal and I became ageless too," he chuckled softly.

Nicolai let out a small smirk. "I…I never thought I would meet you again…"

He was overjoyed. His beloved was alive. He was alive and standing before him as a grown man!!

Nicolai did not know what to do. He ached to hug him but his body was still frozen in shock.

Dylan reached out and gently caressed the side of his neck. The mate mark on his skin burned like hot lava. "My mate mark…. It's beautiful… it looks like a moon and a sun,"

Nico groaned softly. 'Moon and sun….. My mark looks like that?' he gently touched his hand.

After waking up in this time frame, he had never once looked at his reflection. Because there were no mirrors in his new home.

Dylan's gently pinched the mark.

Without even realizing, Nico let out a soft moan.

"Nico.. my Nico…" he leaned down and gently kissed the mark. "I've only heard stories about you…. rue said you had cute brown hair, soulful eyes… and a very charming personality." He took a deep whiff.

"I wouldn't call it charming," Nico softly laughed. "I would much prefer it if I was described as moody teenager,"

"Hmm, you do sound like one."

"I am one, if you don't consider the thousands of years I spent sleeping underground in a coffin." Nico placed a trembling hand on his blond head. The soft hair gently tickled his finger tip. "You were almost bald when you were born… your head looked like a cute egg."

Dylan raised his head and peered down at him with those shining blue eyes. "Nico… I'm so happy… so happy you are alive…"

"Dylan… I'm grateful that you are alive…" he hugged him tightly.

His beloved melted into his arms, gently nuzzling his head on the crook of his neck.

"You were such a cute baby. I didn't have the heart to leave you… but fate… it separated us. For a while I thought I had lost you.. my heart stopped," he sniffled.

He felt warm tears wet his shoulders.

"Thousand years.. I was without for you a thousand years. Fate is too cruel. They speared you from me," Dylan cried.

"Shh don't cry." He gently patted his back while he kept a study hand on his head. The feeling of his soft hair really made him happy. His beloved was alive. He was alive and grown-up. "Look up, let me have a good look at you,"

Dylan pulled away, hurriedly wiping his face. "do I look handsome? Am I your dream man?"

Nicolai peered up at him. His beloved looked a lot like his father alpha Lowe. But he also had a few soft features like his soft blue eyes which looked similar to alpha Lowe's mate. His lips were thin and pink. He had a subtle scuff near his chin.

He gently scratched it with a chuckle. "You've grown facial hair. A mission that I'm incapable of completing,"

"Oh ho, it's very easy. You shave for a few thousand years and you might get this small grass path on your face."

"Thousand years hmmm, that sounds like a very short time," Nicolai held his trembling hand. Dylan had a very firm hold. It was like he was reluctant to let go. "I'm very sorry… it must have been very hard for you…"

"It was… It was excruciatingly painful. The first few years I had rue with me… but she too left me. Then I was all alone…." Dylan silently sobbed. "I'm grateful that you were alive… I'm so grateful," he leaned down and gently kissed his lips.

Nicolai froze for a meanest. He did not expect for him to kiss him all so suddenly.

The feeling of his slightly cold lips sliding over his was very… different.

It made his heart pound so loudly.

'Thump thump… thump thump…' that sound of heartbeat was clearly heard.

Nicolai placed a hand on his beloved's chest. It was, in fact, Dylan's heartbeat that he was hearing all along. It was his precious beloved's heart that was pounding for him.

Nico gently pulled away from the kiss. "Ha-ha. We.. we might be moving a little too fast. After all, I remember seeing you as a baby. It takes time for me to adjust to see you all grown up,"

"We've got all the time." Dylan held his hand tightly.

They stood there, silently hugging each other forgetting the outside world. Nico couldn't hear anything except his beloved's thudding heart beat. His own joined to sing a rhythm.

Dylan pulled away from the hug and gently kissed his cheek. "Nico, can I ask you something… why didn't you bond with me.. I left my mark, but you didn't.. Rue never answered that question."

Nico sighed softly. "You were a baby. If I had bonded with you, it's similar to child marriage. It's considered a crime. I did not want to tie a baby to me. It would have made things very complicated for you,"

"If you had bonded with me, I could have found you as soon my wolf had awakened. I could have sensed our bond. Instead my wolf… he went crazy. He could sense you at the same time you were not there."

Nicolai gently caressed his pale cheeks. "You've suffered a lot my beloved… but I'm here now… I'm here for you and your wolf,"

Suddenly he watched as Dylan's eyes change into a shade of golden. He grabbed his waist and pulled him up over his body.

"Dylan, wait a bit.. I think…."

"Years… I have been trapped for years searching for you," Dylan said in a coarse voice.

It was apparent this was Dylan's wolf that had taken control over his body.

"What is your name?" he gently caressed his head.

"Wolfie…" he lowered him onto the comfortable sofa. "Nicolai… I'm Wolfie your mate…"

"Hi Wolfie," Nico gently pinched his cheeks.

Wolfie suddenly leaned forward and kissed his lips ferociously. "I'm not like Dylan. I don't like being slow and patient. I want you… I need you mate…"

"I..I…"

A hand snaked into his shirt gently pinching his nipple.

"ah!"

"You're mine.. Only I get to touch you…" Wolfie growled.

"Wait a bit…" he tried to push his waist. His hand, however, slipped and touched something hot and hard..

That's when Nico knew he had fucked up. 'Shit…..wolves have a rut during this period. Dylan is…'

He glanced up. The golden shine in his eyes had turned so apparent. Wolfie was getting more heated and ferocious.

"Wolfie.. just wait a bit…"

His beloved bit the mark on his neck and sucked on his skin.

"Hiss…."

He really didn't want to move this fast in this relationship. After all they just met. He wanted to talk. He wanted to get to know more about his beloved.

But Dylan's wolf seemed to be in a hurry. he tore his linen shirt and hurriedly pulled at his pant.

"stop…. Wolfie stop it! I don't want to do anything now." he pushed him away.

Right then the door opened. "Alpha king, I heard a voice in here." a young black-haired man stood by the door. "oh… ohhhh…. That must be Nico… hi!…"

Nicolai sat up, pushing Dylan away. "What did you call him? Dylan.. are you the alpha?"

"It's Wolfie and I am the alpha king,"

Nicolai felt his heart stop at that moment,