Livia moved her hands onto the form in the darkness in front of her. It was shaking, and crouched into the furthest former of the cave.
"Rhys? Are you there?" She whispered.
Ragnar whined and tried to pull away from her, but she wrapped her arms around the wolf's huge form and hugged him tight.
"Rhys, please... I'm not mad. I know it wasn't your fault."
Ragnar stopped trembling, and his massive furry form melted into smooth flesh as he shifted back into human form. Rhys returned her embrace as he sobbed,
"Livia, I'm so so sorry. I don't know what's wrong with me."
Soon, they were both weeping and clinging to each other in the dark. All of their combined fear and frustration drained in a long cathartic moment.
Once they were both exhausted by the ordeal, Livia, feeling her way alon
