Blacktail Deer Plateau I read the news the other day

Grayday's ears fell back in confusion. Dawn didn't mention the true reason at all, and Grayday wondered if she was simply dancing around the subject before remembering just who he was talking to. Didn't it even occur to her? His head drooped in embarrassment, and he lowered his voice to speak his next words:

"They disappear. Mothers," he said, not quite meeting Dawn's eye. "Wouldn't you be worried? Your mother, Khoe, Heartha, Althaia, and all the others... What if there really is a curse? I couldn't risk her like that."

To hell with his eye. He'd raise his children blind if he had to. Cat was strong enough for both of them. But Grayday most certainly wasn't, and he wasn't about to risk this last chance at love for kids he didn't need. He had kids... 

But Cat didn't.