The Hope That I Have Left

Aranea's devastated expression and the tears that glittered in her eyes nearly broke him and he had to hold himself back from reaching out to her and pulling her close. It was so difficult to be strong and hold this boundary while he waited for a reason for her sudden distance from him. He wouldn't get that answer right away, instead waiting as she turned away from him and a heavy beat of silence passed between them. When she did finally speak her answer surprised him, his mouth gaping for a moment as he struggled to find words to say - ultimately failing and closing his mouth again. Resin had spoken to her about their relationship? Although, could he even really call it that? Perhaps deep down he wanted that to be the case, but he wasn't certain that either of them had let themselves get to that point yet. He hadn't expected Resin to step in and express any kind of disapproval, but when Aranea mentioned what it had done to Ezra... That made his ears flick back and gaze shift to the ground with shame.

He had regretted how Ezra had found out about them from the very start and he wondered if there was ever going to be a way to repair that damage. He knew that his son had to be his top priority, but as he brought his eyes back up to Aranea he honestly wasn't sure if he could give her up either. It tore him in two between very different sides of his heart. A heavy sigh left him and he cast his gaze down to the floor between them. He had put them both into this situation where no matter what he did someone was going to end up hurt. He never wanted to do that to anyone involved - especially not Aranea or his children. For the most part he could care less about what any of the other wolves in the pack thought about them, but if this was causing more harm than good for the ones he cared about then where did he have to draw the line?

"What do you want?" he asked softly as he looked up toward her again, knowing that was going to be a difficult question to answer since it wasn't one he could confidently answer himself. He wanted there to be an easy way to have it all, but they weren't going to have that without a fight. He just need to know if that was a fight she was willing to endure.

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