Duck Lake [m] Oh cease me

Family; he'd called her —
She hugged him. Her tears fell quietly as she clung to him, and for a few moments she said nothing. But Reverie could never stay silent for long. There were so many things she needed to say to him, so many apologies to be made, but first —
I missed you, Reverie confessed, voice breaking. And I'm sorry for - for everything. I never meant to - She broke off into a quiet sob. We should have stayed. And then she dissolved into her tears, trying and failing to stifle them. It was pathetic, she knew; she had no right to show up and cry on Arric's shoulder again after everything, after all this time. But what could she do except cry?
She could never take back what she had done. She'd taken Lestan from them; she'd brought him to ruin. And that could never be undone.