Sanguine Cove and if we hit on troubled water

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After his declaration, Ally moved to say her goodbyes, a great relief to her uncle indeed. What if she had gotten attached, thought herself safe and locatable up here amongst the peaks, and so refused to return with him? Difficult wouldn't have sufficed to describe a situation like that. His gaze wandered as she spoke, purposefully in the opposite direction of which Leo stood, until something in particular caught his attention; 'find who hurt her.' That sounded... dark. He thought of Rayjiek, of Inger and her children, of what happened that day. So sudden, so pointless, and something that shouldn't ever happen again. Like lightning striking the same exact spot, or a hurricane at the center of a continent. Eros looked between Nash and Aquene again now, hoping for more information without needing to ask. It was the latter that obliged him. Though, with much more emotion than Eros was comfortable with. Still, his reserved demeanor remained in place, dutifully concealing whatever emotions swirled inside. Unfortunately, with his focus so fixedly on this, the young leader still had not risked looking his agemate's way. "What did they look like?" he asked, a bit of impulse pushing through with a swift follow up of, "was it a wolf with his face maimed, only one eye?" If fucking Rayjiek was still lurking around...

BECOME A MAN WHEN YOU HANDLE YOUR OWN