i'm coming home

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"Speech!"


As her nerves got to her, Bella found herself sitting despite the ground being less than desirable to sit on. She was definitely ready to be home, to fall back into the swing of things and catch up on what she'd missed out on. Unfortunately, she wasn't exactly ready to face those she hadn't seen in some time. Even though she had no intentions of leaving Ashen when she was kidnapped, she wondered what the others thought. Did they think she ran away, off towards some different life? Bella would never leave her family, extended or immediate. Not by choice, anyway.

She was struggling to control her anxiety, taking slow and deep breaths while she thought through a game plan to approach the borders. She was certain that just entering the lands wouldn't be good for her. She'd have to call for Venom, or Hattori, or someone else she supposed. It wasn't until a familiar voice broke her thoughts and her gaze found the familiar shape of her brother, although he had grown as she had. They were looking older now, something Belladonna hadn't seen much in herself. Looking at Malachai, though, she really felt how long she'd been away from home in the pit of her chest. Although his words were less than friendly, a smirk cross the girls dirty face as she laughed. "It's been months and that's all you can manage to come up with?"

hey, miss murder,