Where Do Your Demons Hide?

The first task that her new Theta would have, wasn't supposed to be fight training - but that was just how things went weren't they? She was fully prepared to fall into a defensive stance and give fighting Rayne a go, but she froze, her fur bristling slightly at the smell of thick snow on the air. The alpha for a moment feared that Valhalla was being ambushed and that intruders had sneaked into the borders, but there was something far too familiar about that scent to be the enemy. Pulling herself out of sparring mode, she would pull her gaze away from Rayne, glancing to either side of her. It was a bit strange to see her unfocused, but she didn't want to sound any alarms until she was sure...

When she finally realized just who was behind her, her pensive look melted completely. Disbelief was on the alpha's face, only for it to stretch into a smile as she turned to face her mate. "Gideon!" She couldn't make any more of a sentence than that to start, and she quickly turned to bathe the man in kisses. Although she cared very much for Syrinx's training, she would not miss a reunion with her husband - not when she had been so worried, not when she had been fully prepared to fight tooth and nail for him unknowing of what state he was in. "You have no idea how much I missed you! I'm so sorry I lost you." Her words were quiet, just for him despite their current company - yet for a single moment her worries were swept clean, and she was overjoyed to see her mate back where he belonged - at her side.

Stepping back she would look him over, noting that he was all in one piece - they had not tormented him, had not sent him back bruised and broken, a testimony to what they did with their prisoners... "What happened? They took you back on the battlefield, why would they..." There had to be a dire consequence, if they had sent him back, what in the world could they have gotten for him in return?