Sienna-Rose had already set a portal inside the ship that would take them straight back to the Miller estate the moment they're ready. Once the message from King Maximus arrived about a possible war with the Empire, and after Haley had finished the business with her parents, Sienna-Rose decided to bring everyone home without wasting a single hour in the city.
"We'll come back after the war is finished," she told Haley as they stood on deck, the sea air cooling their faces, "or I'll buy us an island if I must." The words are half promise and half joke, but her tone is warm and steady; there's no doubt she meant to keep both parts if it came to that.
Haley flushed, a shy smile spreading across her face. "It's fine, wife. I've already spent days with you on the ship," she said, nudging Sienna-Rose's side with the kind of contentment that comes from hard-won safety.
