To be called by a name she hadn't used in such a long time felt like an acknowledgment of everything she'd gone through just to reach this point.
From being forced to leave her home and her own child in search of her mate, to falling ill with something completely unknown and eventually realizing it might've been a testament to the kind of torture her other half was going through.
Then there was the moment she'd been forced to stop searching altogether because continuing had become physically impossible.
Ilyss had been desperate enough to preserve her own life simply to ensure Orryn's wouldn't be cut short because of her.
Looking back on all of it now almost felt like a dream, especially when she remembered finally waking from that self-induced coma only to learn that there wasn't just a possible lead about her mate, but news about her son as well.
