Facing Shadows

He noticed the way she reacted to his anger and flinched away. He hadn't meant to upset her, so he settled on his belly and lowered his voice to reign in his anger. "I'm not upset with you, Tana. It's not your fault, understand?" He knew it would take her a long time to get that. But he was determined to try to get her to understand she wasn't in trouble for being honest with him. Hell, if he got mad everytime someone was honest with him, he'd be a hypocrite. He always tried to be as honest as possible with everyone. Whether it hurt them or not, he couldn't lie to others. He didn't like to be lied to, so he appreciated honesty in others. "They probably hate me by now..... even though I want nothing more than to take them away with me, I can't. I'm no fighter like you Acere.... I'm not even able to hunt for myself. I cant go back either though, the thought of what shaye might do next to me terrifies me."

He held in the sigh that threatened to slip through. He knew Tana was afraid, and it seemed that fear would be hard to get around. " Hate is a strong word, don't you think? I don't believe they hate you. Even with the complications of...the relationship between the three of you, Rhyme cared about you, as did Shaye. While I can't speak for the way they feel, I'd like to think I'm a good judge of character. I can see why Shaye was upset about your pup wandering so far on her own, so she acted irrationally by yelling at you and blaming you for it. Everyone has emotions, Tana. Sometimes we act on them with impulse first, and we always think about the clearer picture after." He had been guilty of doing that. Or trying to, anyway. He had sought to claim Tyranis' children and use them against him...but the more he thought about it, he had been acting on emotional impulse. He wanted Elias to pay for his crime, and he had felt Ty was an enemy because of his unwillingness to go against his father. But in the long run, Tyranis wasn't his enemy. It was Elias. He knew that now.

He waited to hear what she had to say about his offer, claiming she was useless and she wasn't sure about being so far from her children. He breathed deeply as he thought about that, and then "You're not as useless as you might think. It's obvious by your scars you had a hard life and weren't given the opportunity to find your real potential. We all have potential, Tana. We just need the chance to find it, and I'd like to give you that chance. As for your pups..." He grew quiet for a moment. If Tana were to find her potential and possibly get better, he believed she needed her pups with her. To help her know love the way that children give. Just like the love Actaea and Ignis gave him. And the way he gave it to them. "I will do my best to handle that."

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