Redsand Canyon You're just like an angel

She could see the emotions rising again and lightly nuzzled him to try and settle him down a bit. It wouldn’t be good for his injuries just as stress had not been good for hers. The question came and she hesitated, glancing at her own reflection in the pool for a moment before she sighed softly, turning her head back with a slightly pained expression that truthfully answered his question before the words slipped out. “I did.” She didn’t want him to know, but at the same time she refused to lie to him. He deserved the truth.
 
“It was Dimitri, my ex.” She explained softly. “Germanicus has been setting extra patrols and I’ve been avoiding going near the borders since it happened… there’s no doubt he’ll be back. When he does, he'll be put down.” He had promised he would be back but she was not going to tell him that. There was no reason to add more fuel to that fire. She was not going to give him a cause to try and jump up and push himself in ways that would only put him out of commission for longer. She was just glad he was back, and his presence at her side, even if he was injured and incapable of fighting, was enough to soothe some of her worries.