Ravensblood Forest the fat pelican

Kaertok tensed in response - who could blame him, when his beliefs had just been accosted so?

Raleska did not soften. Guilt seeped through her prickling skin but still she did not yield.

He had left her! He had missed so much! And now he was here, acting like things could just pick up where they had left off -- as if the landscape of Raleska's life had not irreparably changed.

Mulish, childish, stubborn. "I dunno, if it was true why did you leave in the first place?" Stung, abandoned, hurt.

You left me, her eyes accused.