Phantom Hollow silverkiss

Despite his frustration over his ex-wife, he still loved her deeply.

Perhaps that was why Teya's advances went unmet; he did not read the intention within her gaze or take as much pleasure in her luring as another might. His thoughts were on his family, and so far Towhee had been the only person on the planet to find their way in to his heart.

They had shared so much, he thought. Reyes thought it had been enough. She had been his first (among women) and the one he had chosen for himself (which was again, a first; never before had Reyes been given a choice in love). Now that things had gone awry he wondered — had he been wrong? 

Perhaps he wasn't meant for love like this.

Brecheliant. Reyes reiterated, so as not to forget. I'll remember.

A moment of thought before Reyes realizes — And your name?