Gyrfalcon's Keep she fooled me twice and it's all my fault

He hit the earth with an unceremonious thud and he thinks Holy shit I am going to die. The last thing he will have heard was...his own name? What? That couldn't be right. Then he registered he was being kissed. Murderers didn't kiss. At least not the types he had been familiar with.

Then a grin split his silver face in two, blonde socked legs aiming to wrap around her neck. Ashari. He breathed with obvious relief. Oh, Ashari! He cried and suddenly he had tears welled in his eyes. He couldn't see her through the tears but she was real as ever, here with him. He choked with laughter and relief.

Perhaps he had come far away enough from the north to be rewarded. This was a reward he would not trade for the world. I missed you. How are you? He asked in a breathless rush as he searched for any signs that even a single hair might be out of place on his sister.