Because I knew you... I have been changed for good

She wasn’t sure what she had been wanting or expecting in an answer from him, but the one she got felt a bit incomplete and hollow. She understood it was the truth and there didn’t have to be a bigger, grander plan to everything, but maybe if there had been it would have felt like it had been worth it in the end. Pride taking her mate away from her and the father away from her children didn’t calm the ache in her soul.

When he began to look at the shadowed world around them, she continued to keep her tear-filled gaze on him. She was so afraid that if she looked away for a single second then he would be gone when she looked back. She didn’t understand how they were together right now, but she tried not to question it at the same time. No matter how mixed her emotions were, every moment with her mate felt precious and she was happy to take every second she could.

Hearing him talk about her loving someone else and moving on from him made her ears fold back and her chest feel tight with emotion. She was still trying to get over his death... the idea of trying to love someone else still felt impossible. ”Ganta, I... I don’t know if I can...” she replied softly, her voice wavering through her tears. She could tell how much it meant to him and how hard it was for him to say it, but it felt just as hard to wrap mind around loving a man besides her Ganta.

”I’ll try...” she finally agreed, if a bit reluctantly. ”For you, I’ll try...”