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Stark shook her head as she began to explain herself. He didn't need to hear it. He could guess enough about what was going on during those days. Unfortunately Reek hadn't been able to hold himself accountable and be faithful. Instead the male had betrayed his family and his wife. "Your hand was forced," Stark offered weakly, though he had no idea what that would feel like. Personally he was a loyal creature and he wouldn't try and speculate what might have made Reek so selfish as to betray his mate. Of course, he knew Octavia too, and he could understand her appeal but he had been uninvolved when they'd gotten together. 

"Because if he has your children, you need all the help you can get, and it sounds like you've come a long way for them." Stark said as gently as possible. "If you want somewhere safe to stay for a night or two, either going there or coming home, you're welcome to it." They'd offer food, too. Stark sighed quietly, looking down for a moment. "You should know though, that she's been gone for weeks - and....I've been raising her son. Their son. What you're going through has been a fear of mine for months." Stark said quietly, wondering how she'd take the whole thing. 

If it was him and he was facing someone else remotely tied to such a troubling time he would have been angry, he would have felt hurt even if it wasn't direct. Stark could only imagine what it might have been like to learn of the children your former mate had fathered when he should have been being a father to yours. "If anything happened to Tam I wouldn't stop until he was dead." And it was a flat out promise.