His Return

As children, they were each other’s world—two young nobles who found comfort in friendship over duty. Then, one day, he was gone. No letter, no farewell. She was left to wonder, to wait, to grieve a bond torn apart. Ten years passed, and the boy she once knew returned—not as the carefree friend of her youth, but as a hardened warrior and practiced mage. How will you choose to react to him coming back after so many years? Updated and added your suggestions. Let me know if there is still anything more I should add.