Take it all away

She was furious, he could tell that much just by looking at him. He was usually the one devoid of emotions but he was so used to her being so neutral that this was quite the shocker for him. He had no idea what to do, what he could do to help her or say to get her to feel better or more comfortable. The fact was that it had never been comfortable between them. Though they had on occasion joked and fooled around together there was no mutual understanding or common ground between them and they had always held each other at a bit of a distance. She had wanted pups and he had helped her out. When she had had the pups he had inserted himself into their lives but everything between the two adults had been forced to say the least. But her next words still cut through him like a razor and all of a sudden all emotion drained from his face. Features were carefully arranged to appear perfectly neutral and devoid of all emotion much in the same way it had looked the first day they had met. Mind slithered through the many possibilities as he stared at her for a long moment. That silence seemed to fill the space between them like toxic fumes and then finally he averted his gaze. It wasn't her fault, he should have been there for her... "Are you still his mate?" he asked slowly, wanting to clarify that before carrying on with any other conversation that they might have. But his second question welled up his throat and came out before he could do anything to stop it. "Do you want to keep the children?" he asked carefully. His mother had taught him about herbs that could destroy a life before it even began, had told him that she had considered it herself with her first litter after she had been raped. She had considered it again with him and his siblings because she knew she was slowly loosing her mind but both times she hadn't been able to. But he knew if that was an option that Secret wanted.