Nikolai's arms wrapped around Selene as she lunged for him, her arms tightly gripping his neck like a crab claw.
'Come to think of it, normally I never acknowledge her as someone else...'
Despite feeling the explosive increase in her physical strength through this death grip, he couldn't help but feel emotional, maybe immersed in his thoughts and newly regained memories.
However, her scarlet hair-like blood and vivid blue eyes combined with her perfect facial features captivated him for a moment, so intense that his hands wrapped around her back, pulling her tighter than pushing her away.
"Luna, you've grown so beautiful."
The same line she desired to hear so long ago, this time from his lips directly—she began to tremble, her cold hands siding along the back of his head, while tears dripped from the corner of her eyes, forming small beads of ice.
