Sleeping Dragon the end of a bloodline

Her question came at him like a bullet, fast and deadly if he made the wrong move. Tanja was unsure what to do in that moment, but he quickly ruled out that lying was not an option. She had been lied to enough as her time as Heda and the last thing he wished for her was to be given false information. "I do not accept everything" he said truthfully, letting the words sink in before adding "but that does not mean I can not grow to accept it". 

He would need time, and lots of it if he ever wished to trust the one's that his Heda seemed so fond of. Still, his heart remained cold and unwelcoming to those he did not know well and it would be difficult for him to ever fully understand why she had been trusting of them in the first place.