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The female Oblivionite I met this day was rather rude. She reminded me of someone I met when I was younger but she's dead now. I wonder if I'll run into this one anymore. I really hope not. I didn't get a good vibe from her.

That dream...it was so real. So vivid. I ached when I woke up. I think I broke down some of Erionda's walls. I was able to touch her, hold her. I think I love this woman. No, I know I do.

Erionda was taken again while I was gone. Curse it all that woman runs into that problem a lot it seems. I was so scared I'd lost her again. Come to find out she was being honored. All of us that helped out in the caves were given a medal. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I certainly won't be wearing it around.

It was so nice to be back with Erionda. Home. It was where ever she was. His heart seemed to belong to her now. There wasn't much he wouldn't do for his Hybrid.

The aftermath of the fight between my father and us was fresh on our minds as we settled down for the night. Nekane visited our camp but quickly left. Things heated up between Rio and I pretty quickly.

What defined a person, when all that they once were - once stood for - had shifted?

This weighed heavily on Kilian’s mind as he settled down onto a bench and awaited the departure of the ferry. Being back on Soudul and flying by places he use to frequent had brought a lot of memories back to him. Ones that he would now need to leave behind. People he may never see again.

His trip back to his home had been a very brief one. Kilian had wanted to spend as little time, as possible, there. The less time he spent on the continent, the less likely he would have been to run into a member of his family. A pain blossomed in his chest at this thought. He had been so eager to introduce them to Erionda. So sure that they would have been at least understanding. Never, in his wildest dreams, had Kilian thought his dad would have reacted so harshly to him bringing a hybrid home.

He leaned back, arms crossing over his chest as he tried to remember a time his dad had ever outwardly shown hostility towards a hybrid or any other race for that matter. There had been none. At least none that Kilian had known about. He couldn not actually remember traveling many places with his father and never off the continent of Soudul when he did so. Maybe the man Kilian had grown up admiring was completely different from the one he actually was.

Kilian shook his head at the thoughts. It did not matter who his father was. Kilian was his own person and his love for Erionda could not be denied and put aside. He would protect his mate with his life. Even against his own father. There was no denying what was between the two of them. The thought of losing Rio made his chest ache and brought back memories of the time he almost had lost her.

She had been taken from him. The races had been fighting, things happening that Kilian had no interest in. He had been summoned to the Oblivionite camp and was not at all happy about not being able to grab Erionda and run. Things had happened so quickly. Kilian had tried to catch up with Rio but had arrived after she had been taken. Sand storms, wicked creatures that had been stitched together, the race leaders and all of the races had mixed that day. Kilian’s, mind, however, had been on Erionda and only her.

It had taken all Kilian had had when he had saw Rio in the cage, slumped. He had been holding his breath up until she was in his arms. Love. He had known before that moment but that had only increased his assuredness of his feelings. Kilian loved Erionda.

His hands itched to hold Rio again. Even a day away from her was too long for him. It amazed him how hard he had fallen for his hybrid. He had been so rude to her when they had first met but she had helped him anyhow. No longer did he call her a halfbreed. He realized, now, how dirty of a word that had been. He also realized where he had learned that word from. His father.

Shaking his head, Kilian pushed his thoughts to a different subject. His future with Rio. So many things had happened to the two of them and more was sure to come up in the future. Kilian stretched his legs out and placed his hands behind his head and leaned back. They would be moving to Aisko soon, so that Rio would be more comfortable. The heat from Eowyn’s desert was too trying on the ice based Dovaa hybrid. She needed a cooler environment. KIlian, while not extremely loving of the cold could, and would, survive the climate change. He would go anywhere with Erionda.

That thought brought another jolt of longing to him. Would she ever want to have children with him? It hadn not been something that was on the front of his mind often, but they were mated now. Would she want to spend the rest of her life with him? Bring children into a world that would probably hate them?

He knew the dangers of doing so. Knew the dangers of even being with Erionda. Kilian would risk it all for Erionda, though. She was his family now. His life was her’s now. Kilian was shook out of his thoughts as the boat came to a stop. Kilian glanced out across the sea, the horizon of Eowyn was a distant blur but was there. He was returning home. Returning to the one person he didn not mind to be around constantly. Kilian stood, watching as the sandy desert of Eowyn grew closer and closer. The temperature of the air already climbing even though they were still a few miles away from land. It was no wonder Rio was so anxious to get off of this continent. Ice elements did not belong in this sweltering heat.

Things would change. Challenges would crop up no matter where the two of them went. Aisko, Eowyn, Soudul, Serenia...everywhere. There was no escaping the hate that Erionda suffered because she was a hybrid. Kilian, choosing to take her as a mate, was bound to take on some of that hate as well. He would gladly take it all on so that Erionda would not have to suffer through it all.

Kilian let out a small sigh as the boat docked. He had to steady himself as the vessel rocked. He quickly gathered his belongings, a simple sack with a few supplies, and fell in line with the small crowd that was disembarking into the sweltering heat of Eowyn. Just a little bit longer and Kilian would be home. With his mate and their drakiens. He could not wait to kiss her. To tell her how much he loved her.

Rio was Kilian’s everything. Nothing could change how he felt. He was forever her’s.

Took a huge step today. We packed up and left for Aisko.