From the moment Crux had walked into the meeting, Triss knew her life had taken a turning point. Auster was so far away from the Armada. She couldn’t and wouldn’t turn away from her mother in this crucial time in her life, but she had to admit she had been very stressed to walk so far away from Waterfall peak. She had been afraid that an immeasurable distance would settle between them.
Instead, he had followed her to Auster, to Wraiths Wood and her mothers pack. If that wasn’t a meaningful gesture, she didn’t know what was.
The moment she could, she grabbed Crux and dragged him away from the meeting point and people. Into the woods where she could have him all to herself. Not for a minute, not for a moment… forever. “Crux, you came! You joined” She gasped, pulling him close (fully aware that she was so tiny she didn’t really pull him, he came because he chose to) and kissing him deeply. They had so much to talk about. This was the start of something new.
