Ash...Come join us. Layfaette has no love for the snow. I miss you. Venus is coming to meet up with me...Then well be coming home..Unless..You want to bring the family here:) -SW
A small smile would be given to Layfaette who still was still angery and currently chewing on Sils slipper for making him go out in the snow a few days back
It was hard to resist the message from Silent. As much as he had tried to fight it Salem was the one place on Earth that still felt like home; in his mind at least. For all he knew that sense of home was just another illusion cast by the fading memories of a better time. It was the last time in fact when he could remember being truly happy. Which in and of itself was probably caused by the habit of romanticizing the past. As he sat at his desk looking at the cell phone in his hand he went round and round in his mind nit-picking every angle of the scenario. Finally though he sent off a reply.
"Silent, I've been gone on cases for over a month now, it's the wrong time for me to head North. Let me stay and settle matters here while you enjoy Venus's company. I won't forget the implied offer here, but I need time to take care of some things before I can make a move one way or the other. Understand? Love, Ash"
He wrote text messages like he was writing a letter. Silent had been hinting subtly and not so subtly about moving back to Salem for some time now. Ash wasn't entirely opposed to the idea but there were a lot of barriers between him and any affirmative decision. Laney was still in the midst of her training and he would soon be taking her out for some field work. Alex was in a state of insanity that they were still trying to lift her from. Geller was mid-way between the pack and the horde without a clear path chosen yet, and the time was coming where some of them would have to make some big life decisions. Where to go from here?
Always life came down to that quintessential question. Where do you go when you've finished one chapter of your life but aren't sure how the next should start? Do you step backwards into a fondly remembered past? Or do you blaze a new trail? Should he stay where he was and continue to fulfill the duties of Ulfric as he had on and off for the last decade? Or should he take the advice of his friend from Bucharest and try to unite the wolves in a different way. Thinking about those things he let his fingers graze over a letter resting to one side of his desk. Then, he picked up his cell phone again to text an old friend.
Silent understood that Ash couldnt get up and leave....Just as much as Ash understood why Silent was so restless in the swamps. Especially in New Orleans. Didnt mean she couldnt wish or understand that eventually...Yes she would have to return to the big easy...But for a few more days she could dream.
"I will. I miss you. If you need me to come home sooner I will. I love you. SW"
Setting the phone down she wished that he could be here...Or that New Orleans wasnt such a curse for her. Standing she would nudge Nyx. They were gonna go talk to the tattooed Tigress who knew a bit more about the mate bond then Silent would ever understand.
