Their serious faces lightened up right away, formerly cold, worried expression disappeared completely.
"Arinya!" Fenric's voice boomed across the valley, a grin splitting his handsome face. He looked ready to tackle a mountain now that he knew I was okay.
Noah stepped forward, his gaze locked on mine as Damar finally slowed to a halt in front of them and set me down. I barely had my feet on the ground before Noah swooped me into his arms ina tight hug.
"The cubs, the cubs!" I frantically reminded him before he flattened the basket of cubs into pancakes.
"Sorry," he quickly apologized, freeing me from the hug, and the cubs, who were already wide awake, breathed a funny sigh of relief that they didn't become pancakes.
But Noah still didn't let me down, gripping my shoulders as he checked me for injuries with frantic eyes.
"I'm so glad you're back, and without a single scratch too." Noah breathed, his voice thick with relief.
