I'm just the homewrecker now

He should have told her, but at first he had been barred by Shaye in claiming their brood. He had chosen Tana as his main squeeze and maybe he'd partake in a few girls on the side. Then he'd really fallen in love with Shaye, and she mirrored his feelings. He was able to be their children's father. Then things got dicey. He should have come clean to Tana right after he left Shaye that day but he hadn't. He'd put it off and then all of his children had been born and they'd buried Darlinor. He didn't feel he'd been able to grasp the right moment. Now.. Now Tana was leaving and he'd broken her heart.

She admitted how highly she held him in her mind, how much he meant to her and he'd just used her and tossed her away. He thought he'd been sparing her feelings, but really he was just dragging her along. Rhyme sat back on his haunches as she turned back towards Abaven and refused his offer to stay away from her. "I should have, and I did intend to." But. there was always a but. Tana wanted the truth.

"I want to raise our children together, I want to keep you safe. I care.. Deeply about you. I want you to be happy, but I don't know how to anymore. I never meant to fall in love with Shaye. I should have given your feelings more consideration, but I was too caught up in myself."

She took a step back towards Abaven, she admitted she would stay, for now. However he had to admit truthfully what she meant to him and the three of them needed to talk out how everything was going to work. His tongue was tied, his emotions whirling. "I'll do whatever I can to keep you here, to keep you safe." He whispered, his gaze unable to stay on Tana he was so ashamed of himself. He'd hurt her thoroughly, and he'd never intended to.