Ghosted [Baine]

His daughter had gone ahead and warned him about Baine’s return, adding that his little sister was a mother now, too. What of Rasiel and Kieryn? Where were they? He’d been glad for his middle brother’s presence as Tornach healed and regained his strength after his horrific encounter with the eruption. He knew it was hard for his stormcloud brother to be here after all but abandoning the family at the founding of Celestial.

He tried his best to keep the good memories of this place at the forefront of his mind. Sweet days and nights with Solveiga, watching his younger siblings grow and play and be born here. Seeing his own twin children come into the world and grow up… least until it all went wrong and Solveiga was taken for the first time.

Had he ever really gotten her back? Her body maybe, and her soul… But the bad experiences had crushed what was already so delicate and innocent before. Where were Zuriel and Faite? From what he knew, both had vanished. His encounter with Dominus had been… painfully enlightening as to some of that answer.

A pale form brought his gaze into focus, the reflexive snarl fading from his lips and face as he found his Little Moon’s form entering the main chamber. His features remained neutral, waiting expectantly to hear why she’d vanished without a word to him, knowing the pack laws as she’d gone.

“Why.”

And there it was. Under the deep rumble, there was a crackle of hurt. Worry that maybe it had been he that had driven her away. Hurt that she hadn’t just come to him and told him she wanted to leave. Or that she hadn’t taken him with her if she’d been taken by an enemy.