A few hours later, Leo and I walked hand in hand through the hospital until we reached the room labelled 'Luca Romano'.
He grinned widely as he saw us through the window and started wiggling his legs like an excited child.
Seeing the colour was back in his cheeks and his eyes with their sparkle again was such a huge relief.
"Ella!" He exclaimed, "Alpha! I knew you two wouldn't be able to stay away for long."
"I brought you these," I said reaching into my bag and pulling out a bunch of bananas.
His eyes lit up in glee, "Are those Musa sapientum bananas?"
I nodded, "Only the best for you."
"Come here," he said pulling me into a huge tight hug and dragging me beside him onto the bed.
"Careful of your stitches, Luca!" I exclaimed as he grimaced in pain, "You aren't done healing yet!"
Luca then peeled one of his bananas and took a huge bite of it before my hair started to get stuck to it and he was frantically trying to pluck it off.
"Alpha join in," he said beckoning Leo, who was stood watching us in amusement as I tried to gather my hair behind my ears.
Leo raised an eyebrow as he folded his arms.
"We've all been through a lot," Luca said, "We owe ourselves an Alpha, Luna, Luca sandwich."
Leo was still reluctant.
"Leo, come on," I said grabbing his hand and pulling him onto the bed, "The man nearly died. Let him have a cuddle with his Alpha."
Leo rolled his eyes and slid onto the bed on the other side of Luca so that he was in the middle of us.
"I was already planning to name our next son after you," Leo said.
"You still can," Luca replied hopefully.
"Nah, it would be weird now," Leo replied, scrunching his nose.
I laughed as Luca nustled his head onto Leo's chest as I wrapped my arms around his shoulders.
"I've been dreaming of this for years," he said with a relaxed sigh, "A cuddle with my Mom and Dad."
I laughed and squeezed Luca's hand, "We're so glad you're okay."
"I listened to what you said, Ells," he replied, "About my future mate and our kids and our life. And when I was in the coma, it was all I could think about."
I smiled.
"And I saw her you know," he replied.
"A woman?" I asked.
He nodded, "She has beautiful black skin. It glowed in the sunlight and her hair. Wow her hair. It was so curly and artfully wild. And her eyes were so brown and perfect and...I felt her. Someone was holding my hand just before I woke up and it has to have been her. There was this warmth and the sweetest scent I've ever smelt."
My heart swelled to about three times the size as I smiled in excitement.
"Well, you better make sure you get healed so that you can get out of this hospital and find her," Leo said, "Have another banana."
We sat with Luca for hours. He and I chatted away endlessly as Leo occasionally chipped in or passed Luca another banana until the entire bunch was gone.
"It's getting late. We should probably go and save Milly from the kids," Leo said looking at his watch, "But we'll see you soon, Luca."
Leo then wrapped his arm around Luca and gave him a quick squeeze before I gave him a long, tight squeeze and we both left.
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