Swift River inescapable, I'm not even gonna try

The words brought a sharp exhale from Viorel’s nose in a dry kind of amusement, and then he shook his head. ”I don’t understand either, I don’t know how we got here or why they would leave.” That probably was not the most comforting thing to hear or say, but it was all that he had, ”But I know that if you’re as like me as I think you are, you’re not going to give up - and you’re young you have so much time to be better than I ever could.” If only he knew how wrong that he was and how short his son was for this world.

They remained there, speaking quietly for longer than Viorel had intended on this trip, and despite all his efforts he could not convince Archer to come home. Not now, not without Ally. And so in the end he promised that the pack would still be looking, and then he and Sonnet returned back to the Backwater. He would have to tell Eros about this, but he needed to process it first.

FADE