To be back in his arms was to be home. The one Shrike sinks into his embrace, sagging against his chest as her head is pillowed in the crook of his shoulder and neck, eyes already growing heavy as warmth washes over her. She whispers out a sigh of a breath even as pain flares over her nerves with each little twitch and movement. It's only when he seems to notice along the bond the twinges of pain does he ignite his magic, letting it flare to life in the room, the dome spreading over the entirety of the space.
Muscle, skin, tendon, and sinew knits itself back together. Each little piece growing together until it was whole once more. Her relief is palpable and she sighs heavily, settling in to listen to each thing he has to say, tucking each piece of information away. It was heavy. All of it. How the Core had infected Caido. How they had been thrust into nightmares that only Noah had been able to pull them from. Then just like that it was over. All of them done. The Core destroyed and the Voice gone.
Cordelia lifts her arms to wrap around his neck, holding him more tightly, burying her face against his neck with a shuddering breath. "I'm just glad you're home." She whispers, meaning every word as her eyes squeeze shut, thanking Vi and everyone else that he came home to her. They weren't on the mountain with him, but she doesn't doubt that it was because of Vi's gifts and the other demigods he was able to make it back.
Muscle, skin, tendon, and sinew knits itself back together. Each little piece growing together until it was whole once more. Her relief is palpable and she sighs heavily, settling in to listen to each thing he has to say, tucking each piece of information away. It was heavy. All of it. How the Core had infected Caido. How they had been thrust into nightmares that only Noah had been able to pull them from. Then just like that it was over. All of them done. The Core destroyed and the Voice gone.
Cordelia lifts her arms to wrap around his neck, holding him more tightly, burying her face against his neck with a shuddering breath. "I'm just glad you're home." She whispers, meaning every word as her eyes squeeze shut, thanking Vi and everyone else that he came home to her. They weren't on the mountain with him, but she doesn't doubt that it was because of Vi's gifts and the other demigods he was able to make it back.
Cordelia
My hand was the one you reached for all throughout the Great War
