Stone Circle there's no turning back now

Chaska plainly understood how she didn't feel safe, and yet it aslo confused him. Steady had changed so much. The first attack had shaken her. But then she kept talking, and the shock grew on his face by the second. Her mother..he didn't even know she had a mother. And Steady had...No, there must have been a reason. He wouldn't jump right into it, not this time. Before he was quick to judge. Steady had a reason. He had to have had a reason. 

And yet, her next sentence caused conflict against this. If he took a chance to question Steady, it could go bad. Or he could see reason. But Evelyn could be gone by then. He could also go with her, be with her for the rest of his life, but Steady would never forgive him. And there was also Grayday, Krypton, Valette and the pups. Would they take his side if he tried to talk with Steady? He shook his head, trying to clear away the shock and come up with an answer. But unlike most times, he had none. 

"I..." What could he do? Stay, or leave? He had no answer.