Lost Creek Hollow and i'll take my armour off

coughs

only more guilt flooded terance the longer this conversation went on. he had no good news for them. not a single word of it. 

his head dropped, only a little, and it shook slowly back and forth. i'm sorry, he said, teeth gritted, we just... don't have the space for anymore pups. treason most certainly wouldn't allow it -- not after last years fiasco. what with the starvation and all that -- it just wouldn't fly. you can stay a few days if you need to, but we can't house another litter. 

his gaze flicked to indra, now, brows furrowed. i'm so sorry, guys, he murmured, more to indra than laurel -- he half figured that laurel expected something bad from him. somehow they had bad blood, but terance wouldn't wish anything bad upon indra... and he couldn't believe he had to drop such a harsh truth upon them.