A Long Road....

Wanting to be near the stars, and Tintalle, we chose the Haven of Orladion to make our declarations. Already we were of one mind and heart, but it was our way to speak out our intent, and to exchange rings. With no remaining family between us, the Starkindler was our witness, and he who had become as family...Parnard. 

"Dusk departs," I observed.

Estarfin was watching the setting sun. He turned to face me. He smiled. "It has been a long road, but we are finally here," he said. 

I nodded, thinking back briefly over the Ages. 'It has been over six thousand five hundred years since I first beheld you...and knew.  Do you think that long enough?"

He was watching me closely. 

"I have come to know you so well these recent years that there is no doubt for me. And I thought you dead, then found you again against all hope. Tintalle does bless us." I confessed. 

He closed his eyes a moment, the most serene I had ever seen him, then looked up at the sky. "As she always has. She has never forgotten us."

Then he smiled at me.