Phantom Hollow The Guilt I Have Pulls Me Down

He thanked her--for understanding, he said--and Mitanni felt that she'd done the right thing. This was good. This was progress, and she nodded her head in simple acknowledgement of what they'd done to help each other. He was being honest, and she was giving him a chance to prove he had a decent side.

She didn't expect anymore than that, but he offered it. Her brow furrowed in a mixture of sadness and disquiet upon hearing his original description of wolves as a whole, unable to recalling meeting anyone who'd fit the description in her travels. It's no wonder he thinks it though, Mitanni thought sadly, recalling his disturbing history with wolves. Or at least one really bad one.

The fact he asked her whether she was okay with him continuing made her hesitate--did it get much worse from here?--but she couldn't tell Judas to stop once she'd finally got him talking. "I'm okay with it," she answered softly, shifting her weight as she watched him with attentive concern.