Kara's arms slipped around Hallbjorn's back as she clung to him. It was only when his arms held her tightly that her sobs grew quiet, though they still shook her small frame. Having Hallbjorn with her crowded out any relief she would have felt about Tarek being alive, and reaching her mate. At that moment, Hallbjorn was the only one she cared about. There was no room for anyone else.<br/><br/>When he spoke of Tarek relaying what she wrote, Kara whispered, “Its true. I can live without ice cream. I can't live without you.” She would never touch the stuff again if it meant she could stay with Hallbjorn always.<br/><br/>She shook her head when he told her that he believed she'd chosen Janna over him. Kara wanted to explain what she felt to him, but at that moment emotion clenched her so tightly that she could not speak. When he tilted her chin up, she looked at him with her amber and blue flecked eyes.<br/><br/>Then his lips were upon hers, and he held nothing back in his kiss. Kara melted against him, and she poured all of her heart into their kiss. Her hands moved up around his neck and she stepped up onto his toes. Her fingers tangled in his hair and she breathed him in deeply. Kara's trembling passed, and her tears stopped falling. She had her Hallbjorn back. Everything would be okay now.<br/><br/>When their lips parted, her chest rose and fell quickly as she caught her own breath. “I only want you, Hallbjorn. Only you. You are my people. Your home is my home. I would never chose anything over you.” She smiled softly and rested her hand on his cheek.  Her eyes widened when she saw that her fingernails were black, and then when she looked closer, she realized she had claws. She would freak out about that later. There were more important things now.<br/><br/>“I don't want to be here anymore. I just want to go home with you.” She told him softly, then glanced around the chamber and her brow furrowed. “I didn't get to meet my father. He was already dead, and had been for a while. I would like to give him a proper funeral before we leave. It will bring life back to the land.”<br/><br/>Kara looked back at Hallbjorn, and it was clear that the final decision rested in his hands. She knew that he would give her whatever she asked for, but Kara did not want him to think she would ever take him for granted. “Will you help me?”