The Sentinels come on, make it easy, say i never mattered.

The annoyance in her voice was like music to his ears. He felt immediately at home, at ease under the weight of her anger and agitation. He hadn’t quite realized until that moment how terribly lonely he’d been on that beach. How terribly lonely he’d been for so much of his life.

A smile cracked across his lips—a real one. It was something he hadn’t felt in ages. It felt good.

Without preamble, Penn strode right up to her to rest his head against her shoulder in an embrace, leaning into her in a way that spoke volumes of his relief. ”God, I’ve missed you, blindo,” he murmured, his tail wagging with anticipation as he totally expected to get slapped.