Anya stretched and let out a long breath as the meeting room cleared; she hung back and chatted with Lexa for several minutes while the other clan leaders shuffled out of the stuffy room. Negotiations had run long, Skykru were not eagerly accepted by all and the Arkkru were even harder to convince the other clans to support. But sure enough, Lexa had convinced the entire room with her words of wisdom and all were in agreement by the end to not attack.

"Join us for dinner?" Lexa asked, gesturing towards herself, Clarke, and Octavia.

Anya shook her head, "No, I'll take my meal in my room. I plan to turn in early."

Lexa nodded before gesturing for the Skykru girls to follow.

Anya smirked as she predicted how their night would most likely turn out. She couldn't wait for the midnight moaning to confirm her suspicions just so she could tell Raven about it. She missed her lithe caramel skinned lover.

Sleeping had become difficult, it felt unnatural not to have the brunette in her arms since they parted. Anya found she kept reaching for the sky girl every night that week but just woke to an empty space beside her. Raven occupied every corner of her thoughts, and left a memory on every inch of her skin.

A week had passed and still, the grounder warrior could feel her there, although sadly, the senses were fading into distant memories. Anya sighed as she asked the guard outside her room if there were any messages for her. He shook his head each day.

Entering her room, Anya closed the distance and sat on the bed before opening the night stand beside her and pulling out the parchment Raven had sent the day she left. She had read the short note a thousand times over that week alone. She clutched the note to her chest and heard Raven's voice in her mind's ear recite the words on the paper.

Ai hod yu in, baby. Bring me back some barbecue. -Raven

Anya laughed out loud as she thought of the goofy expression she was sure resided on the sky girl's face when she wrote the note. She missed her fiercely and grew agitated by the day. She had requested to be kept informed of Raven's activities and well being while she had been gone. Granted, Polis was far, but a week had gone by and she needed answers.

Defeated, Anya returned the note to its drawer and readied for bed. She woke during the night as she always did now, reaching for a Raven who wasn't there. She had had a bad feeling since the day they parted. She wondered how the other woman was and what she was thinking right then. Did she have trouble sleeping too?

Slipping from the bed, Anya walked the halls of the tower arms crossed and head high as she studied out her thoughts. Why had she not received word yet? Was something wrong? Had something happened? Could there have been a complication with the surgery?

A string of moaning pulled Anya from her thoughts as she moseyed down the corridor leading toward the commander's chambers. Moans that could only belong to very satisfied orgasming women. She smirked as she wished for nothing more than Raven to be beside her in that moment witnessing the deed. Anya recognized Lexa's voice first, followed by Clarke's scream, and sure enough after came Octavia's high pitched squeal echoing throughout the stone corridor.

Anya turned and headed back to her room for the night, chuckling all the way.

OoOoO

Relief flooded Anya when the long-awaited messenger reached Polis's gates the following morning. A guard had informed her of his arrival and she had eagerly descended the tower steps to meet him in the bustle of the city.

"How is, Reivon?" she demanded before anything else could be said. They had ran into eachother at the base of the tower, in the lobby.

"There is no sign of Reivon, Heda. She never arrived to Arkkru camp. Many searches and scouting parties have been sent out. Lincoln and Tris are also missing. Their horses have been found wandering along the path back to the Village. We expect mountain men took them, Heda."

Anya's heart dropped. No. Stopped. No, splintered into two then shattered into a million pieces. The unfamiliar sensation of tears stung her eyes but she refused them. Instead, anger took over. The messenger fled, probably in fear for his life.

OoOoO

Anya raced back to the village, she had only offered the commander a short explanation before fleeing. Clarke and Octavia expressed their worry and frustration with Lexa that there was nothing that could be done if the mountain men did have them.

The commander offered to send Anya with extra warriors to help her search and to set a reward on the heads of Tris, Lincoln, and Raven, but that was the best she could offer. Anya had accepted and set off immediately after. She sent scouts ahead to get the word out of the missing and to begin the search.

Anya had no idea what to do if she was honest. If it was mountain men, there was truly little that could help them. She grew desolate with every passing day. Worry threatened to cripple her with its unbearable weight as she awaited word. There was still no news when she did finally arrive back at the compound.

She had even seen a shift in the air of her people. It was only then she realized how much of a mark the sky girl had left on her warriors. The quirky brunette was loved by all. The Trikru had not been as friendly and accepting of the other Skykru but Raven had been a special case for all of them it seemed. The sky girl had slithered into each of their hearts unexpectedly just as she had Anya's.

Sad faces surrounded her when she walked through the camp. "Any news?" she asked, already knowing the answer. All heads shook side to side in defeat. "We keep looking!"

Anya grew more livid after the first week of searching. Still no sign of them. She worried for her seken, Tris was just a girl. She worried for Lincoln, they had grown up together, he was like a brother.

And of course, she worried for Raven, the quirky sky girl who literally fell into her life and introduced her to love. Anya grew more regretful with every passing day that she never said those words out loud. Raven didn't know how much Anya loved her and it was killing the grieving leader inside.

Days turned into weeks without success. Anya heard the commander had finally met with the Arkkru and established terms for trading and integration as long they stuck to the borders the commander set. Lexa had called it a test trial, only the clans wanting to trade with the Arkkru did so, no one was required if they were not open to the newcomers. So far, all was well, Raven would have been proud.

Accepting and working with both Skykru and Arkkru was a huge accomplishment, a miracle really, but Anya couldn't celebrate. She couldn't stop until she found Raven. She needed to find the witty mechanic and show her what she had done, what she had accomplished just by opening Anya's mind and her heart to new things. Raven had changed her.

More days passed, then more weeks, it wasn't until two months later that Anya saw her again.

Ai hod yu in, baby. (I love you, baby.)