Sands of time
Acere
07-28-2020, 02:14 AM
Baine felt like years had just been stripped away from her body. If the flutter in her stomach and the pounding of her heart had anything to say about it then she might as well be a young kid again. She grinned and giggled softly at the smile he couldn't quite contain that eventually made his gaze fall to the ground for a moment. She had to resist the urge to lift his chin so she could keep looking at that warm smile. In the time they had spent together in Ruina she couldn't remember a time when he had seemed this happy. Runia had been a difficult and dark place for them all, but she hadn't fully understood that at the time. Back then she had been determined to make it work since it felt impossible to go back to Valhalla after disappearing without a word. She had wanted to be with him and Zuriel and make the most of it, but in the end it had all crumbled around them. Her pale gaze widened in surprise when he mentioned that he had actually been preparing for a visit himself, but that she had beaten him to the punch. It made her smile return in earnest and her ears folded back with a shy giddiness that was simply impossible to contain. "Is that so?" she asked with another quiet laugh, her own gaze falling to the ground this time as a fresh flush passed over her face. She had been so concerned that he hadn't held that same interest that she had over all these years, but those worries had clearly been unfounded. The events in their lives had pulled them apart, but somehow that spark seemed to have survived those trials and tribulations. She wished that fate had brought them back together sooner, but at least time hadn't run out before she finally got up the courage to seek him out. When Acere asked about her body guard she glanced up at him again before looking over her shoulder to where Nolan was watching them intently. She chuckled and gave a small shake of her head as she looked back to Ace with a fond smile. "I'm sure he thinks he is. That's Nolan... He's my son," she replied. She had no idea if Casso had told him about Nolan or not, but either way she felt like she owed him some sort of explanation. "I had a mate for a little while - a man that I met in the band of wolves we stayed with after we ran from Ruina. He was a bit older than I was and passed away before Nolan turned one." There was a touch of sadness to her tone, but it was clear that it was something she had already mourned and accepted. "Nolan is my only child and he's very protective, as I'm sure you can tell," she added, another smile pulling at her lips. "What about you?" she asked, suddenly a little afraid to know the answer. "Are you... with anyone?" It was a silly hope for a wolf that had a limited number of days left in this world and had a commitment to a pack on the other end of Boreas, but... it was one that her heart wanted to have all the same. |
