Stone Circle One step closer

He knew that voice, and he ran to her like a little boy on Christmas Day.

Mom!! he didn’t need to see her up close to know it was her; even before he crested the hill that held stone circle, he called to her. She had finally followed him! Finally found him again! And he wasn’t ashamed for her to see him anymore. He’d sprung back into the Merry he’d been before he’d let depression take hold, before he’d fallen in step with the Saints.

And he thought of his travels, of the ocean, and Inkeri. Of their meeting in the forest, of their pledge to each other.

Though he slowed his step when he reached her, his whole body shook with the want to embrace her. He laughed instead and danced a happy hop around her.

I can’t believe it!! What are you doing here?