Finally Peace

(Raymond's POV)

"Daddy!" Loretta shouts running down the stairs. Turning around I am attacked by the small body of my daughter. I pick her up and she buries her head in my neck. "What's wrong my little Princess?" I ask her softly. "S-spider!" she cries loudly gripping my shirt tightly in her tiny fists.

I smile remembering the first time this happened. "Alright Princess. Daddy won't let the spider hurt you." I say smiling at her.  "Really?" she asks me pouting with tear tracks still on her cheeks. I gently calm her down. "I'll chase it away." I tell her while stroking her hair.

Loretta smiles brightly throwing her arms around my neck.  "You'll always be my hero daddy!" she exclaims. Then I think back to my Juvia's words once more.  "Take care of the girl like she is your own pleae. For me?" "Why?" "Because it's a start." "A start?" "A start of recovery."

Now that I think about it...  even if I could redo the past, I must not take back what has already happened, because if I do that, everything would be a lie: those tears, that pain, those memories, that cold reality that hurts my heart, all of it.

But then, if everything were taken back and it did not happen, where would all of those go? Juvia would not come back. Reality cannot be overturned. To continue on remembering the pain and the weight… isn't that how lost things remain?

What happened will always hurt my heart but I'm unimaginably grateful that my little Loretta came into my life. I will never forget Juvia but at least Loretta is helping me heal. The fact that I now have a pup to look after that relies on me gives me a new unfounded determination.

I look at Loretta as she's coloring a picture. There's a big smile on her face. You know...  Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice; but for those who love, time is not.

I finally understand those words written by Henry Van Dyke. It's true words that I will not loose the meaning of ever again. "Daddy!" I look up to see Loretta's hair turning blinding white and after learning that it means she's scared I rush to her using my werewolf speed.

"What's wrong baby girl?" I ask her desperate to know what's wrong. "The room! You left me! You were gone!" She cries and I realize she had a flashback. "It's okay my Little Wolf. Daddy's here and he'll never leave you. " I quietly reassure her.

With that we both head off to bed Loretta gripping my shirt with one hand and my neck with the other begging me to let her stay with me for the night. I agree without any hesitation wanting to know my pup is safe from harm.

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So hey guys

I was wondering do you want me to write a sequel for this story or would you rather I just make two chapters of Loretta at an older age and leave it at that?