Two Rivers Isle Hide away

Burke sat next to Malice and quirked up his lips a bit, though it fell when Malice spoke. "Because I cannot stop thinking about the fact that if I would fully commit to this that I will get hurt, I always get hurt," he commented. When Meldresi died, or when his son died. Even when they all betrayed him. "I wish I could not think about it and just jump into this. But... I can't," he breathed and looked at her.

He was not a reckless young man anymore. He knew the consequences if he would let himself get dragged away. He knew it was unrealistic to try and stop it, because frankly even he couldn't. Hence why he was now with her and their young and why he had not abandoned her. But he liked to think he could push it away and wait it out some more. If he really looked down into himself, he was just scared. Scared to get hurt again.