Phantom Hollow Little Travels

As usual, Aduin's tension was palpable in the air -- internally, Brandy was rolling her eyes -- but she didn't show if she'd noticed or not. As she pulled across where she thought the borders had been, his ebony form was beside here. 

                       "This is where my mother and I first sought a home -- the bitch, Malice, turned down our every interest and then turned us away for lacking dreams. We'd been traveling all our lives, we were tired -- I barely knew how to act like an adult, how to fit into ranks. She was cold at every turn, rude, pushy -- I don't know why we didn't turn away at the first sign of aggression."

His hope to go back was ignored -- the copper girl had to see what the woman had been so proud about, so restrictive. If her mate wanted to go back, that was fine, but she knew he wouldn't leave her here.