Soren was wrapped up in his own thoughts, a dangerous place given his current feelings. All awareness of the surrounding world fell away; he wasn't even privy to his mother's approach till she cleared her throat. Slowly he lifted his gaze from his reflection, trying to shrug off the threads of thought he had found himself tangled up in. The boy felt his insides twist and clench as he realized who it was standing before him. She spoke and he nodded blankly, more out of courtesy than interest. She stopped for a moment and he dropped his gaze again, unable to face her.
His mother began to speak again, and Soren did his best to hide the pain he felt. He wanted to believe her, wanted to think that she cared as much as she professed. There were things that didn't add up though, the day they had been taken she had left and never turned back. A word, a goodbye, anything would have helped to put his fears at ease but instead they had been left to rot in Glaciem with no word from anyone. For all they had known Azalea hadn't cared.
"If it weren't for Erani telling me she had worked out a deal I would have been at Glaciem's doorstep fighting for your freedom." He shook his head sadly. "It would have been at least something." He muttered softly, not really intended for her. "That day, after you left Kismet went off to try and find you? He came back with no more news of what was happening than before. Then the next wolf we saw was a stranger and we were being removed from the den. There was no explanation!" He paused, finally lifting his gaze again. "You could have at least come back, explained to us what was happening. As it stood you could have agreed to our imprisonment for all we knew!"
"Kismet never stopped believing we would be rescued." He scoffed lightly. "Short of that he believed we could escape on our own, I never thought that. After all as far as I could see the world was always going to be working against us."
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