Rising Sun Valley Twirled into the arms of disgrace and then repelled

He returned to Swiftcurrent Creek without really knowing why. Everett and Evander would have his head, probably, if there was anything left of him to pick over after Arric and the other Creek wolves finished with him. Tybault knew it was stupid and dangerous and stupidly dangerous to top it all off, yet he did not turn back.
He had to find her. She was dying. Nothing else mattered.
Tybault did not expect to find her so immediately, however. He certainly didn't expect her to run right into his path. She was frozen, a deer in the headlights, and he knew that any moment now she would run. He took a breath, thinking quickly, but the only idea that came to him was too cruel to consider. But... did he have a choice? If the options were let her die, or take that leap and become the villain she seemed to think he was —
Ophelia, He called across the distance between them, and it hurt to do it. But he had to.