Blacktail Deer Plateau Closer to the sun

Kisu held his narrowed brow, but his face softened. Sorrow was taking the form of anger in his son. He had never learned to deal with his emotions, and he had been alone all of this time.

"I would have been there if I had known, Rob." He looked away. "I have not forgotten them, nor will I ever." He shifted his eyes back to ones that reflected his own. "I have chased after your uncle, leaving him for dead. Somehow, he survived. I have followed his trail several times, either to come up empty-handed or to have him run off while his cronies try to kill me. You think that you are the only one affected by this, and you are not. I was not there to protect my family. My world.

"This situation does not excuse your behavior and the words you speak. You have hurt my mate's feelings, and whether you apologize or not is on you, but you had better think about things before deciding what to do or what to say." Kisu moved forward and touched his nose to his son's cheek. "I still love you. I always have, even when I thought you were gone from this world. I will love these pups as much as I love you and your brothers, nothing more, nothing less, Robur Aqua." Kisu took a step back, looking at his mate's face, trying to read her.