Home is where the heart is

Silent was just as quick to answer their daughter's call. He continued to fight back tears as they threatened to spill. Their family felt complete now, even if Jendai did not decide to stay, and he felt warmth spreading from his chest through his entire body as he embraced his daughter once again. His wife was just as quick to lather their daughter in kisses, and she hadn't been able to fight the happy tears from spilling. Bronze would redirect his attention to Silent, lapping the tears from her face quickly.


Jendai was overjoyed to see them, and he swore he saw relief shimmering in her
emerald gaze. He didn't care that she had left, only that she had returned to them. Bronze was no stranger to abandoning his family -- he had done it to Silent twice, and he'd also been taken once by force, and he had never expected such blatant forgiveness. She had taught him so much about love and it was all he could do to welcome Jendai back openly and without a hint of hesitation or wariness.


Jendai quickly explained what had happened. She'd found a home in a pack called Covari, and it seemed they had disbanded. "You are welcome here," he assured her quickly. He couldn't imagine Song turning Jendai away. If they couldn't be with Jendai here, they would simply need to find another home... but he had no worries about this being a possibility. "I don't think we are going anywhere again." Unless somehow Ludicael was overthrown, but he had a difficult time imagining this. It was impossible to imagine them spending their last years anywhere else.


His daughter's attention quickly shifted as she pulled away to gaze at Silent, noticing she was pregnant. A grin grew on his weathered muzzle at the pure happiness that emanated from Jendai. "Can you believe it?" he asked softly, chuckling, still in awe that they truly were to have more children.