He had dreaded this moment for so long that there were times Navarre thought himself to be truly mad. There were a million different ways she would accept his return... and every single one had crossed his mind at some point. For the most part he had settled on her being absolutely livid with him, snapping at him with blazing eyes and hard words... hell he even imagined he might return and find that she had taken a mate from someone else. It would have hurt... defeated him really was perhaps the best term for his entire being would be broken... not just his heart or his soul. She was his everything. But, he told himself his love for her was great enough that if she were truly happy with another he would let her go. But that was not how she met him.He watches her as she moves closer, his eyes trained upon the depthless wonder that was her own. All he can think of in this moment is how her scent envelops him, surrounds him with a goodness that for so long eluded him. She was his candle in the night... a flame that burned bright and warmed him inside and out. To be rejected from her now... to learn that she did indeed wish he hadn't returned... it would be to much to bare... not matter how strong and brave he believed himself to be. That... that he couldn't take.But as always, she surprises him. Her words are warm, soft and though they are tinged in sadness... he knows them to be what her heart truly feels. He wants to reach out now, to envelop her small head with loving nuzzles and tender touches, wants to press her tightly against his broad chest and swear fealty to her alone. Her words ignite the burning ember of his soul and fan the flame until the love and adoration pours openly from the depths of his yellow gold eyes. "Leilani..." he begins, scrambling through his vocabulary to find the right words to explain the turmoil of emotions that overcome him now. His Leilani.He moves to her now, closing what remained of the distance between them so that he could touch her for that was what he craved more than life itself. He reaches to her now, brushing his whiskered muzzle against the soft fur of her cheek, inhaling deeply her sweet scent and working his way up to lick her ear tenderly. "I would tear it all apart to keep you happy." he breathes, his words a soft whisper against her ears as he draws back just enough to meet her eyes... to show the sincerity in the words he spoke. "You are my world Leilani."