Cassiopeia's View Are you sick of all the tags yet?

He couldn't comprehend it.

-Towhee, what the fuck?- he said when she tried to lean into him. -That guy was nothing but good to you, and you're going to give him—what—two weeks? A month? Niamh was downright cruel to me, and I followed her to the ends of the earth. I know you and Maxim weren't as deeply in love, or maybe you were, but this is really fucked up to just...- Phox couldn't even complete the thought. Had Towhee thought he was dead when he was gone? Would she give up on him so easily?

-I'll stay in the vale,- he said, resolute. -You and Jack have got the kids covered. But I liked Maxim—I still do—and he's the kids' dad. I can't just leave a dad out there wondering where his kids went.- It stung, and Phox felt a rush of what he had felt for Niamh, and it wasn't the good parts of their relationship.