That was their first time ever looking into each other's eye and feeling that way.
He had grown hating his grandma, but at that moment, knowing she could support him for once, he felt really happy.
"How did you do all that? He asked her, still holding Tangy close by the waist.
"I walked in here, and I knew someone had been in here, it was when the palace guards came the first time to search, that I confirmed, that someone definitely entered my house, then I went out to gather woods to cook, when she came to. As it turned out, she couldn't leave immediately, as they were guards around the area, she needed help, and I was willing to help her, for I think she is the reason, we have been on each other's neck since like forever".
She figured it out. She had never liked Tangy for him, she had never proven to like anything that makes him happy.
"Granny, I don't know if it's Tangy, but the truth is that, I feel from the very day my parents died, you have just hated me since then, I don't know what happened, but it felt like you blamed me for their death, and I was only so little.
With them gone, I should look up to you for support, but I could never do that, I really wanted to, but I couldn't, because you just changed".
"That's the word I was looking for, Change. I didn't hate you, how can I hate my own grand child, but I guess I was taken aback, by their death. Your father, my son, travelled to find a cure for an inner ailment that would have killed you, and after he found it, he knew it would kill him. The leaf of life. He was supposed to find it and use it immediately, because if the leaf is in the hands of someone for three days, it would kill that person, and wait for the next person to take it, he knew that, yet he held it. He should have taken you for that travel, so that he would give you the leaf at once, but he didn't and today, my son is no more". She sounded sad.
"So you hated me because of that?
He asked. He didn't even know that part of the story, he was just hearing it for the first time, he knew he was sick, but he didn't even know what was wrong with him.
"I didn't hate you son, I was just angry, but I guess I stayed angry for too long, but this travel, have helped me to realize, just how much I have missed out on, I am sorry".
He hugs her again, then they walked into the inner room to sit, where he told them everything.
"I think I was released from the palace dungeon, so that I could lead them to Tangy, and that was why they came here".
He says, looking round.
"But why did you come here immediately, don't you know that is their plan? His grandmother asked.
"I didn't want to come here immediately, as a matter of fact, I wasn't even expecting Tangy to still be here, taking that I was missing for some days, but when I got home, Medline was in bed with one of the guards, that had probably been sent to my house to search for Tangy, and she still have the guts to act like I am the one who hurt her.
She has given me a reason to actually leave her, all I need now is to find a way to free Tangy".
"You can't ". She tells him, and they both look up at her, she seem tired of running.
You cannot free me, no one can, I did something wrong and I regret everything, I will turn myself in".
"No, no, no, you cannot do that, please don't think about a thing like that".
"If I turn myself in, I could have some time, to explain to Jayden everything that happened, and I could also, have time to stop him from awakening the dead girl, for what I see in my vision, is so scary".
"Tangy, turning yourself in, cannot stop Jayden from doing what he wants. He loves that human so much, just the way I love you so much, so please, we can find a way, your father came to the house earlier, he wanted to know where you are, he wanted to help hide you, but I just couldn't trust him.
"I don't trust him either, he would blame me. During the Star gathering, I begged him, I wanted him to give me a boost, so that I could leave, but he warned me, that he never wants to see me with you ever again, I had to obey, and now, with all that had happened, I know he hates me already".
"When he approached me, he sounded like a broken man, he could never hate you, he loves you, he probably just wanted you to have a better life in the palace".
"But I already had a better life, I grew up in a mansion".
"The royal blood has a name of integrity, I don't, that is why".
"I am actually begining to doubt that saying that the moon goddess chose me for Jayden, I feel something is wrong somewhere, and somebody is not telling the truth, but first, I have to turn myself in. I cannot keep running away, I can't keep hiding, I want to be around, I want him to do his worse on me, I want to pay for my sins". Leo was sad, he couldn't fight anymore, he feels broken, as she watch her get up calmly and then kissed her him on the lips.
I also need to be in the palace, to stop Astra, from her other plans".
"Her other plans?
"Yes, her other plans, she is planning to bring Demini to ruins, Barthur and Mogana are working together, they want to destroy everything, if I keep hiding, I would never get close, and things could go worse, please try and understand".
"But they will kill you".
"Yes they will, or they will not, all I just need is the little time I will spend in the dungeon, before they behead me, I could use that time, to help save Demini". She walked towards the door, after grabbing her hat, she ran as fast as her legs could carry her, but she didn't go to the palace, she went to see her father first. No one was on the house when she got there, but she could hear noise, she listened, to where the sob was coming from, and she realized it was from her father's room. He had left the door open, so it was easy for her to get in unnoticed, but her father, being a powerful wolf sensed her, and called her by the name.
"Tangy? Tangy is that you? He asked as he opened the door, then she came out into the sunlight.
"Yes father, it is me".