Dragoncrest Cliffs Till my heartbeat stops

Of course there were reasons. And of course, those reasons changed nothing. There was always a bear, always a winter, always some force to keep them. None of that ever changed the fact that they came back strangers. And it never changed the fact that they always left again.

She was having a harder time letting it go this time. It was mostly the guilt of her own forgetfulness, but there was also an ugly part of her that wondered - why now? Was winter really more dangerous than any other time?

Rosalyn knew she couldn't hold it though. Just as she had with Reyes, she tried to let it go, shoving the uglier feelings down where they would smother and slowly die over time. I'm glad you found your way home to us, she said quietly. Then she stepped forward to pull him into a tentative hug, growing stronger with it after she'd held him for a moment. This was what mattered now.

She kept her thoughts on Indra silent too, though she certainly had a few. She didn't like nor trust the way the girl lurked in their territory. Rosalyn would not do anything about it, but she would keep an eye on her, especially anytime she was near the den where their children rested.