A/N: So not a one shot then, I found I really enjoyed writing last chapter so here you go :)

Clarke had been relieved to find that even as a wolf, Lexa still understood gonasleng as well as she had when she was alive, which made it so much easier to bring her back to the small wooden construction that Clarke had come to call home.

However, the problems soon started becoming apparent when it came to getting Lexa into the cabin. If she had been the size of a normal wolf then it would have made things challenging but not impossible. As it was, she couldn't even fit through the narrow doorway into the house.

Giving what, for all the world, appeared to be a disgruntled sigh, the great wolf dropped to the floor outside of Clarke's dwelling and rested her head on her paws. Her eyes flicking to the door as if to tell Clarke to go in and rest whilst she watched over her.

"Are you sure you will be ok out here?" Clarke asked her softly, her eyes drinking in the sight of her, still not really believing that this wasn't all just an amazing dream that she was about to wake up from.

Lexa lifted her head, her jaw opening and showing all her teeth. But instead of seeming threatening, it created a wolfish grin.

"Ok, I get the picture." Clarke laughed, "You're far better equipped to take care of yourself than I am."

Slipping inside she closed the door behind her, pausing for a moment before yanking it back open just to check that her girlfriend turned canine was still sitting there watching her with a look of pure amusement.

"Right, goodnight Lexa." She smiled softly, before closing the door behind her properly.

Once she had eaten a light meal, she went to sleep early, knowing that she would have to be up at dawn so they could start the arduous process of moving all her belongings far enough away that she wouldn't be found her mother sent someone looking for her body after the two cowards reported back.

The sun had just set and her eyes had drifted closed when she suddenly felt a dip on the bed and a heavy weight draped itself over her waist.

Tensing, she reached for the dagger under her pillow before flipping her body over so she was straddling whoever had invaded her bed.

"It's only me Clarke." Lexa murmured to her softly, lightly rubbing her fingers up and down Clarke's arms.

Clarke's eyes widened as tears immediately began to pool in them, it was one thing to have her girlfriend back in wolf form, but it was another entirely to have her back as Lexa. As the woman she had fallen in love with.

"How is this possible?" She breathed softly, "I'm dreaming this aren't I? That panther actually got me and I'm somewhere dying a slow and painful death right now and hallucinating all of this."

Lexa shook her head quickly, raising her hand hesitantly before brushing away the tears travelling down Clarke's cheeks. "No ai hodnes, no. I saved you, I will always save you. I don't know how this happened. But maybe there are miracles in this world. As long as you live I will be here to protect you."

Clarke looked at her speechlessly for a long moment before her brain started clicking the pieces into place, "The last three months, all those times that I was reckless and should have died, have you been there all this time."

Dipping her chin, Lexa shifted her hips so Clarke was beside her rather than on top of her, "I swore fealty to you Clarke. Not for my lifetime, but for yours. Wherever you go I will go."

"Why have you been a wolf then, why are you only you now?"

Lexa shook her head helplessly, "Whatever caused me to come back to you, I can only be me once the sun sets, during the day I am a wolf again."

Clarke saw what Lexa wasn't saying, that even though she was able to still protect Clarke, her new existence meant she had no choice even if she would have chosen differently. She could never go home to her people.

"I'm sorry." She whispered, linking her fingers with Lexa's, "But at the same time I am too selfish to truly regret that."

Smiling softly, Lexa squeezed Clarke's hand lightly, "If I had a choice, nothing would be different. I have no regrets either. It's not what either of us ever imagined Clarke, but if you will have me then I am yours. I no longer owe anything to my people. My debt was payed with my death."

Staring at her face, Clarke searched for any indication that Lexa was hiding her true feelings from her. Finding nothing, she eventually nodded, tugging Lexa's arm to get her to lie down beside her.

"All I want, in this whole wretched world, is you."