Ariana POV
Seeing her handsome silver-haired grandfather in the flesh made her heart leap. Being enfolded in his arms and hugging him made her heart ache, but good, with so much love and joy and fulfillment. She found a lost piece of herself she didn't even realize she'd missed.
He smelled of sweat and manliness and the dust from the road. His warm, strong arms surrounded her, and she rested her head on his still-broad shoulder. Her grandfather could probably grace a recruiting poster for the military or a magazine ad for a senior gym.
"I didn't realize I missed you so much," she said, voicing the first thing that came to mind,
She felt the vibrations and the shaking of his body as he laughed heartily. "I knew I missed you, dear child. Every day since I heard of your birth."
"You ... you knew about me," she whispered.