Stavanger Bay Tell me I'm weighing on your mind

You should try. With something at least. Your body deserves the food, and it doesn’t only help physically. If she could manage it, it would likely help her to feel more energized and more like herself. Going without food could sometimes twist a wolf’s mind and affect them emotionally in ways Bridget hoped she’d avoid.

The medic met her eyes a moment, then smiled and glanced away. I already planned on catching him. I need to meet him, but I want to check in too. She sat down, but continued, unable to leave her words hanging the way they did. You aren’t a burden. To me or to them. I know it can be hard to believe that, but we wouldn’t be here if we didn’t want to be.

Something about the way she’d asked had sounded apologetic, and Bridget wanted to cut that mindset off at the start if she could. Reverie didn’t ask to be put in this position any more than her husband. Neither of them deserved it, and Bridget resolved (again) to find him as soon as she was able to.