Bramblepoint short change

She couldn't do that.  Not when she had just found Tuathal, when she had started to carve out her place in the pack.  She'd felt so alone around those desert brats that she didn't want to risk ripping herself from the only thing she knew.

She would, however, remember this.  I like you, Siarut.  I'd like to.. to explore this.  With you.  But I can't leave, I can't leave him, I can't abandon my family.  It's not fair to them.  And it's not fair for me to ask you to, either.  She sucked in a breath, shook her head.

You say we'd be starting fresh but you'd still have your family, and I'd just have you.  And as much as I like you, as much as that makes me happy.. that's not healthy.

Truthfully, she wished he would come with her.  They could lay in the apple blossom fields together, hunt together, patrol together, sleep next to one another.  But as she'd said, it just wasn't fair.

Her legs were trembling, and all she wanted to do was run.  I'm sorry.