Neverwinter Forest Hold 'em tight

He answered by way of another quick hug, then sat back and looked at her expectantly. Towhee’s ears drooped as she pondered how to word her thoughts, how they might come across. She trusted him with her secret, though he would be receiving it through a particular lens, Towhee knew.

I’m not sure I can go back to the vale. Leo… Her heart twisted in her chest and she couldn’t breathe for a second. She continued only after a few gulps of air. I kept seeing her everywhere I turned. I’ve lost kids before, though not like this. Towhee paused to steady herself again. We had the perfect life and now it’s just…

Gone. Like Leona herself, it was there one minute—alive, breathing, full of life, with a bright future—and then gone. She was dead; she was not breathing; she would never move again; her whole life had been wiped out in an instant.