Everybody wants something from me now

He waited a time, not truly expecting her to show. When she did, she looked haggard around the edges, with grief in her eyes. He stared at shock at his Princess, his phoenix in the ashes. The wolf he could no longer call ‘his’ in any way or form, though the word still lingered on his tongue.

What had happened?

He jerked slightly, as through to move closer to her, but he stopped himself. Holding himself apart. Brows furrowed, he parted his mouth, but he could no longer find the words to tell her what had happened to his Wife and child.

Instead, something different came out. “Deathbelle… What happened.”

"Speech"