(Alexandra's POV)

Looking back I realized there was so much I never got to do.. so much I never got to say. After I had flown off, I just drifted for a while. I let the wind carry me. So much was on my mind. How do I tell Michael? How do I tell him, that his mate wasn't ever really his mate? Or that mine was never mine. He claimed to love me. And that love never died out for me. He could get my heart racing a mile a second. Now that the bond was broken between Jack and I, I had let go of all my past pain. There was no need for any of it.

I decided to go back. There was a war to prepare for. When I landed and I returned back to the cabin I was staying in. No body was there, so I figured I would just go shower. I felt disgusting after seeing all that destruction. All that blood... why? Why waste so many lives? I did know one thing, Adelphi wanted war. She wanted a conflict that didn't need to exist. And if it killed me I would see her razed to the ground.

I walked out of the shower and into my room to get dressed. I just through on a pair of skinny jeans and a tank top. My black tresses falling in waves down my back. I heard a noice coming from the kitchen. I was on high alert.

I crept slowly into the kitchen, I saw a form across the room going for the fridge. The person turned around and I saw their face.

"Michael." I said. As I sighed in relief. I had been avoiding him. Avoiding eye contact, I didn't want to look at him and have him look at me like a stranger. I couldn't handle that.

"Sorry... I didn't think anyone was here." He said.

"Neither did I." I mumbled looking down

"Alex. Why aren't you looking at me? What's wrong?" I still didn't look up at him.

"Nothing." I turned to leave but he stopped me. His hand gripped my arm. I felt sparks shoot from his hand all the way up my arm. I closed my eyes and sighed. He snatched his hand back quickly.

"Qu'est-ce que c'est?" What is it? He mumbled to himself.

I turned toward him slowly, I met his eyes. His bright piercing blue eyes.

Legend screamed in my head.

"Mate" he growled out. I nodded slowly. I knew. I had known for a while.

"How is this possible?" He stared at me as if he had never seen me before. That was what I was afraid of.

"Because... it's hard to explain. But. Here just let me show you." I opened the mind

link to him, and I let him see it. All of it. Every memory that I had seen, now he saw.

When it was all said and done he met my eyes again.

"I... " I started. "I'm sorry, I can't do this." And I bolted out of the cabin and ran into the woods.

I ran like there was no tomorrow.

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(Michael's POV)

I... I remembered now. I remembered all of it. Adelphi... Artemis... Alexandra... we were raised together. Their father never got a son. So I was the next best thing. His best friends kid. Growing up Adelphi and Artemis were always studying. Alex was too, but we were together. We had grown up as best friends... and then one day we weren't. I remembered her tear stained face when she left. The entire weight of the world rested on her shoulders.

And all we wanted to do was run away from our duties. We often played pranks on each other as children we had a good laugh.

I snapped back to reality. The door was wide open and Alex was no where to be found. I sniffed the air.

my wolf said in my head

I asked hopeful, yet utterly terrified of the answer.

That was all the answer I needed before I bolted after her. I followed her scent. It lead me straight to the clearing in the woods. She was crying softly. A sound that broke my heart. How could some one so young have faced so much pain?

"Don't cry Mon beau et sombre ange." Don't cry my beautiful dark angel I said softly.

Her head snapped in my direction, shock registered on her face.

"Pourquoi m'as-tu suivi?" Why did you follow me?

"Tu es Ton mon ami." your it. Your my mate.

"Oui ... mais ashley était votre partenaire..." yes... but Ashley was your mate... I looked at the girl who stood in front of me now. Looking at her I saw so many memories. So much happiness that I had with her, in so many past lives. But when I thought of Ashley, at first all I had felt was guilt... but I felt no love towards her. I just thought I did. She wasn't what I thought though. She was a cheater. But she missed out on happiness because she killed herself... a waist of life...

"She was never my true mate.. I only knew her for a short while anyway."

"How can you not feel guilty?" She asked astonished

"I do. But I had to do what my heart was telling me." I said. "Sure it hurts like hell, but it was never gonna work... especially after what you just showed me."

"How is it possible....? We've literally been lied to.." she trailed off

"The funny thing is I remember... I remember you leaving the palace, that day... so long ago."

Alex looked down at her hands.

"I remember crying myself to sleep, and when I woke up I didn't remember anything. I couldn't remember who I was, or what I was. I just new I landed in France somewhere."

"I landed in Russia.. I didn't know who I was or where I was, and then I transformed and I remembered. Artemis came to me in a dream."

"Alex... I don't know what this is. All I know is that you are my mate. And this is extremely confusing to me."

"Your the protector." Alex said. "And I am the midnight angel... our roles have been identified, and over the course of the centuries I have gained many enemies, I have watched loved ones die, but now that I think about it.. you've been there. The entire time."

"So what do we do now?" I asked.

"We try to survive this war that my sister so desperately wants."

I walked up to her and crouched down to her level. I took her pale face in my hand and looked into her eyes. Her eyes were so clear.. every time I looked at them I got lost in them. I closed the gap between us and kissed her. It was a sweet sensation. Sparks ran all the way down my body. I pulled away gasping.

She smiled softly at me. "Hey you." She said to me. "Long time no see."

I just laughed at her. "Come on, we should go back." I grabbed her hand and we walked back hand in hand.

(Troys POV)

She thinks she's safe! Ha! What a naïve notion. After centuries of being down here, she's still the same naïve little warrior who tries to save everyone. If she wants to save anyone it better be herself.

"So... my sister thinks she can go to war and survive does she?" A voice called out.

"Yes.. she does mother."

"Well we'll just have to change that wont we?"

"Of course mother."