<blockquote>The dark male's admission that her children would be claimed as family despite all she had put him through caused a tug deep within her, though whether it was one of joy or sorrow was difficult to discern in the heat of the moment. What she had done was unforgivable, and yet here Triell was, still treating her as one of his own. She was just as much to blame as Rhysis for what happened the night they fled, but it seemed the young Tainn had more pressing matters on his mind.
His question drew her own brows together in questioning. <b>”Of course I promise. Why would I doubt you?”</b> she responded almost cautiously. What on earth could the younger wolf have to say that would have him so... intense wasn’t the word. It was almost closer to dire, and the worry began to settle in her bones. She expected the River wolves to be upset, were they out for her hide now? Surely there were more pressing matters at hand, Corinna would... should be in a similar state to herself, and there was much to do in the short months before pups began to make their appearance across the lands.
Unable to stand the weight of the tension pressing down on her so heavily any longer she finally spoke again. <b>”What troubles you so brother?”</b> she questioned without thought to the familiar term at the end. She truly considered the dark male one of her own.</blockquote>