"I did, but I don't know how I came back, or why it is happening now," Neera had a fair idea of what and who was behind it, but she shoved that idea out of the way. "But this has happened, and I am happy beyond words."
Zavian gave her a blank stare, and disappointment sank in her.
"Are you not happy to see me, Zavian?"
Zavian rubbed his hands over his face and closed his eyes for a while. Neera let him be. If he had to digest it all, she would give him all the time to do so.
"More than anything, I have always wanted to spend forever with you by my side," Zavian started. Neera wanted to hold his face and kiss him, but she waited for him to speak. " I couldn't handle life without you. I mourned you for more than 500 years, and then, Neera showed up."
"I know, Zavian, I know," she rubbed a hand on his knee.
