章 150: Reunited

Kordia leaped into Kir's arms, and the next thing he knew he was spinning happily to a stop with her in the shop, before sharing a tear-filled kiss. For a long moment, they touched foreheads together.

Then they parted, as if with the breaking of a spell.

Kir looked into her eyes for a long moment. Kordia's eyes were tired. Dark and slightly baggy from lack of sleep.

The weight of lost time filled him.

"Kordia... I'm so, so sorry..."

"It's not your fault. Rain and I chose to go after you... We thought..."

Kir reached up and wiped her tears away. "Tell me everything."

Kordia went first. By the end of it, Kir was quietly crying at what his misfortune had cost the ones he loved.

"I tried, Kir... I tried so hard to talk him out of leaving... but his family just... I couldn't get them to listen, and he just... he let them take him away..." she inhaled a sobbing breath. "He's in Araqlun. That's all I know..."