The Sentinels castle on a cloud

He could feel the dam within his mind weakening as she offered her ears. Soon enough, if he willed it so, Rannoch would raise the floodgates and allow his thoughts to come tumbling out. But, he tried to be strong in that moment.

“I’m afraid to go back to him,” he admitted quietly. Rannoch did not often speak of his fear, but it was too great of a feeling to handle on his own. He needed the crutch that was Deirdre more than ever. “After how I treated him…” He trailed, thinking of the way that he treated a handful of his new packmates. He frowned in the moment, ashamed of what he had done.