Here again

Strai could only listen in horror as Spider told him about their family falling apart. Basilisk left HAzel for another woman, someone Spider thought was their friend. He could hear the horror, the despair, the furry and it started to coil something inside Strai’s chest. Hearing that hopelessness in Spider was almost too much. Spider was a wolf who would bend over backwards for the wolves they loved. They tried so hard and this was what it got them?

They want to have children, and it’s gonna kill me. “No.” Strai said, pushing a little away from Spider so he could look them in the eye. “No it does not, and you shouldn’t have to be. They made a mess of it, and you're not going to be picking up the pieces. In fact, you're coming with me. I won't let you let your compassion and loyalty hold you there, not when it's clearly tearing you up inside. You can come with me willingly, or I’m dragging you back to Hemlock.” He growled. That was how he fixed things, with might.


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