Lost and Found

Six months she'd been gone from his side, and not one day went by where his heart didn't clench painfully in his chest. All he wanted was her by his side and in his arms but she was gone. Some days the pain got so bad that he was convinced it would kill him, but it never did. He loved her; loved her with all of his heart and soul, and still she left; abandoning him and everything they had for reasons unknown.

He needed; wanted to find her but then what….would he demand answers and then take her back willingly? Or scream and shout and cry and tell her to leave?...he didn't know. All he knew for certain was that he needed his love, for she was his and he would always be hers.

….

There she was, after 9 months of searching for her, there she stood before him in all her former glory. His mouth went dry and he felt light headed as he took in the sight before him. She looked….beautiful, just as he had remembered but more so.

He felt paralysed as emotion overcame him and his heart beat painfully in his cheat; his breathing coming fast and hard. Words formed on his lips, but no sound escaped as she approached him; stopping a mere two feet away.

He couldn't breathe. It was like a dream, but suddenly his lips were on hers and the world and the pain melted away. They were one again. Always and forever!

…...

After nine months of being apart they made love without a word to one another. It was slow and gentle and trusting, born out of a need to feel one another again; to affirm that they still lived and loved.

As they lay in each others arms afterwards he asked "Why did you leave me?" She studied him for a moment, contemplating whether to tell him the truth "I didn't. It was you who left me"

He looks at her, a quizzical look darkening his handsome features. Taking in his state of none understanding she says "You died killing the Archdemon atop of Fort Drakon Alistair" She looked away then, tears pricking her eyes.

His heart raced furiously in his chest as her words sank in. I died? I'm…dead? But then that means she is…..

"Are you saying…..we're in the fade?" She nods, still not looking at him. "You….your dead too?" He asks.

She nods again "I couldn't spend my life without you Al. I love you so much. You are my heart, my soul. You are my reason for being Al" She says, trying not to choke on her own emotions. She looks at him, her tear filled eyes meeting his disbelieving ones. And suddenly it makes sense to him; the reasons he couldn't remember. The reasons why he's been going around in circles these past months.

He pulls her to him, and embraces her warmly. Swearing never to let go.