Swiftcurrent Creek the price of your greed

Her words caused a sudden, overwhelming sadness to take him over for a minute, flashes of the tiny lifeless bodies intruding into his thoughts. He swallowed against the feeling and nodded, unable to say anything else about it. When she thanked him, he shook his head. There is no need to thank me, he offered first, the words coming a little easier now that he could change the subject. Alessia needs you, and I just want her to be happy, he said next. It was really all he wanted for her. After everything that he had put her through, he felt like she deserved some kind of happiness in her life. What was a little frightening was how much he was willing to do to ensure she didn't suffer anymore than she already had; he would even go as far to let her be with someone else as well as agree to invite that someone else into their strange little family to help raise their children. But so far, it seemed he wouldn't regret that decision.