Stone Circle Please do not push me away

Valette hated to see Merrit so stiff and closed off. How she just wished Stark never left. Then Merrit might have been happy and more warm. Now with all the turmoil it seemed Merrit had become colder than most of her children. She sat before him so she could look at him if he asked her a question. Luckily he wasn't as stubborn not to say anything like he had done with Greyback, Ira and Arlette. The question surprised her slightly but she didn't show it.

"No, I did not," she stated in return. She couldn't say the same for Greyback though. There was no doubt in her voice. When she had been with Stark Greyback had been a friend, one to talk to about their mates that passed since he understood. She had no time with raising cubs and caring for her mate to even look at other males. It was curious to her that the boy called Stark by his name and not called him dad. Then again, he had not really been a dad.