my mistakes

She didn’t hesitate to fall into his embrace as he initiated the affection, she called him by his name but as her eyes found his she corrected herself. Theory fit under his chin just as perfectly as the day she’d been born and he felt a sense of relief with her so close to him. The alpha didn’t understand what he meant when he apologized so deeply. He sighed heavily, maybe he had fought well but that was not where his mind was.

”Kai.” He answered easily, having met the man before, enough that they knew each other’s name. ”I’m sorry for everything before the raid.” He answered quietly, their close proximity not warranting loud voices. ”For being so.. absent. For leaving you with the world on your shoulders.” Rhyme confessed to her his guilt and his weakness.