Redhawk Caldera Then you wait to find it's a winding road

At the end of the day, Maia was a mother through and through. There was only one response she could have when Teya broke down in sobs in front of her. She immediately swept in to comfort her, moving in to embrace the other woman as she shook her head.

None of this was her fault, but saying that felt so unnecessary. Of course Teya knew that. But for a second time, in half as many years, she was forced to bury a man she’d loved. The father of her children. Maia couldn’t even comprehend it and shied away at trying. Just thinking of herself in those paw steps, just thinking of Eljay gone, paralyzed her.

I’m sorry. That was stupid too, wasn’t it? Maybe the problem was that there were no good things to say. This was never meant to happen in the first place. Of course nothing good could come from it.