Silver Creek Get Ready

Heston asked about her mate - and with as confident as she had thought she was to keep her secret, she broke - and how they'd met. The lie rose in her throat - to tell him about Dagfinn and the Floodlands - but fell just as swiftly, leaving her silent for a long moment. His hurt was a slap to the face, and another, louder sob wracked her body before she was able to squeak out an answer. 

              "T-Those are two different people. I-... The father is a male I met in the mountains. He said he would come back, b-but I don't know if he will. J-Just in case I took a mate in another pack, let him think he was the father, but he's too young. I-I didn't know what else to do."

His lack of an answer on Spring was another blow - but one neither of them commented on. Instead, Heston asked why she hadn't told him - guilt swept over her, and also anger. The tears still flowed, but her tail lashed in irritation- as did her words. Yay, pregnancy mood swings!

                                         "I didn't do anything but what I had to for my family - I tried to get you to make a move before my heat, but you just didn't seem to notice. So when someone else approached and offered to give me what I wanted, I took it - does that make you think less of me?"