Blackfeather Woods Redemption

Burke watched Damien with a new found respect. He had always been supportive of Damien, respected him in a way, but now the dynamic changed. In Burke's eyes Damien had been less of a child and more an adult. Burke liked that he was seeing this Damien. The large male nodded in thank you to Damien with the added respect. Burke knew Damien would see his gratitude. He smiled at Damien, thinking the matter was mostly settled but then Damien changed, and had a new question for him. Burke as a therapist, and one with a life's knowledge could definitely answer that question for him.

"I do not think you need to find a mate," he spoke without any sense of hesitation. "I didn't believe in love or mateship before I mated with your mother. Frankly I didn't care enough to have someone close nor did I feel the need to," he explained. Burke's 'no need' was more because he would get his pleasure from somewhere else and was satisfied with that, not in the way that Damien was probably feeling. Alas Burke didn't know about the whole ordeal with Cicero and other private matters. "Your mother and I mated because it felt right. We balanced each other out and there was mutual respect and admiration for one another. It made sense to be together and grow old," he explained. "Who or What makes you think you would need to find a mate? If you want one I am not stopping you but if you don't want one then don't take. Take it from me, it will only create more drama," Burke explained to him. "Do you want to talk about? You can, I am probably the last person to judge you for anything."