I am sorry

He felt like he was constantly scrambling to meet all of his obligations and yet somehow he felt like some things still fell through the cracks. He never wanted his children to be the thing that fell to the way side, but even he had to admit that with everything that had been going on he hadn't gotten to spend the time he wanted to with all of them. The trip to the other packs, the Ashen festival, Aranea's death and the death of their pups, finding Serenity, trying to navigate the relationship he wanted with Eska, all on top of just trying to keep the pack going... It was more than one man could handle, but he couldn't let any of it fall on anyone else.

As he was making his way though the castle grounds on his way back from a patrol, he spotted his daughter in the greenhouse, watering the plants that were growing inside. He hadn't gotten the chance to speak with Jane in a while besides the brief interactions during their days so that drew him to her, a soft smile on his lips as he watched her work through the panes of glass. However, as he got closer, he caught a glimpse of her wiping away a tear and his smile disappeared. Jane was always the ray of sunshine among his children so he knew that if she was this upset then something was truly wrong.

He slipped into the greenhouse, careful to step over the plants as he made his way over to her, worry creasing his brow when he saw the tears gathered in her blue gaze. "Jane? What's wrong?" he asked as he took the watering can from her and sat it off to the side so that he could wrap his forelegs around her and pull her into an embrace. Jane was the tallest of his daughters, but she was still noticeably smaller than he was so it was easy to completely wrap her up against him. He looked down at her with concern, his ears flicking back against his head.

Ulric Adravendi