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"i not scared, reyes, i —" her voice broke off in frustration. teya took a deep breath, genuinely not wanting to snap at reyes despite how tense she now felt when he was around. "maybe you go with bridget. or after her. go apologize to caracal. make this right."
she should be happy; she should feel secure that reyes was willing to rout his mostly grown children from his previous marriage all in protection of first herself, and then sorana.
but it did not. she felt more isolated and more ashamed.
desperately the raven looked to their daughter, softening somewhat. "i want her to know them. and them to know her," teya murmured after a time, voice at last devoid of the edge she had carried into the conversation.