“Kavan is it really you?” I whisper out in wonder.
Happy tears shimmer to the surface of my eyes. He smiles at me as he embraces me.
“It is Princess” he tells me.
“We-we thought you were dead” I manage to make myself say. “though I did not want to believe it was true” I point out. “I saw the rocks crumble on you” I murmur.
“I know Princess. I was hit on the head hard. And then someone dug me out. I could not see whom it was. They did not bring me back here. I woke in some cavern. And it took me days to swim back here to all of you” he explains. “I could not swim for a day or so because of the pain I endured. I am getting stronger every day and I can serve your father once more as I always have” he promises. “I am so glad you have returned home, and you are safe. You are finally with a
