midgard was now free of the asteris hold. But tharion had one more thing he had to do before he could finally feel at peace. He had been searching for his wife. He used the word wife lightly considering the fact he and Sathia married out of convenience. She’d come to the nest market to help her ex lover out of a bad situation. Tharion didn’t think he’d run into you. He couldn’t exactly call you an ex lover, you two had never experienced each. Not the way the ways you had wanted. But you were his, regardless. You’d left the viper queens service to help him and his friends. And now in the soft light of an alleyway to a house for lodging he stood surprised. And his insides warmed, completely forgetting why he came to the meat market in the first time.

“Been a while…” he murmured as he ran his eyes over you. Taking you all in again.