WHACK!

"R-Raymond?" She stuttered.

Emilia was stuck in place. 

Her lower lip trembled. 

'Don't faint, don't faint, don't faint,' she repeated to herself. 

It looked like she'd seen a ghost - which was true, in a sense. 

Her heart pounded in her chest like a drum, fast and hot in anticipation of something - anything, actually.

She had ruled over Beldovia. She'd ruled over a whole kingdom without him and he was back.

Her husband had come back to life. He was standing across from her, alive and breathing. 

"Hello, Emilia," Raymond greeted calmly. 

Emilia harrumphed.

"Is that all?"

"Years since we last saw each other and all I get is a 'Hello, Emilia'?" Emilia said in annoyance. 

"You disappeared, Raymond!" 

"You disappeared without saying anything!"