What The Tide Swept In

Tension crackled down his back as he waited for her to get to the point of why she was here. Rudy didn't care much for battle. In all honesty he'd prefer to avoid it but if he had to he had no problem defending himself and had plenty of experience in war if this woman tried to attack him. Alma's tail snaked back and forth the tail tip twitching in anticipation.

Gale would speak and Rudy would stare at her. Kid? What kid? Who the hell was her brother and what did he have to do with them? The next words out of the woman's mouth however would hit him solidly in the chest. Son? He didn't have a son…. surely he didn't. He'd know if he did. Rudy stared at the woman his jaw slackening in disbelief as Almandine started to crow with laughter. "Him? A son? Ohahahahaha, oh the poor kid, hahaha-snerk that's good. Lady there must be some mistake…." Alma glanced at Rudy. "She is mistaken, right? Right, Rudy?" Surely if her canine companion had a child she'd know about. While a bit guarded she considered him to be a pretty good guy, surely he wouldn't just up and abandon a woman carrying his child?

Rudy shook his head. "Sorry, I… I need a moment… I…. what do you mean son?" He ignored Alma's chattering and instead just struggled to wrap his head around what was happening. He wanted to call this woman a liar, rip off one of her ears but somewhere… somewhere he feared that her words were true. It was uncanny that she knew his name, his full name. No one else did, no one except… "Oh god… Maeva." He'd fallen for the fiery woman seasons ago and they'd flirted and courted and danced in and out of romance before she all but tried to enslave him when he refused to swear an oath to her pack leader and join the pack. He'd had enough of battles and packs and he just couldn't subject himself to that life again. Had she…. had she been pregnant? It was possible. He glanced back at Gale. "You're…. you're sure he's mine? How can you be so sure?"

"Speech"
"Almandine Speech"