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"More like a little startled." He offered. The slight laugh in the end of his voice hinted that he wasn't a male that got intimidated easily. "Granted, I was having a bad day that day..." He drifted off, grumbling slightly at the memory. It was still all so crystal clear. That one day when he met Sovereign for the first time, changing his life in a way he could not have predicted.

"I...I am sorry to hear that, of your mate. You seem to be coping well. But that's one other thing with Sov and I." His stern jaw tightened. "Abandonment. Loss, in one form or another. Broken promises. We're sick of it. It is why we came here. We've been through so much shit together, she and I. Thick and thin, but we were always there." He found himself rambling now, letting his heart peel open before a woman he didn't know.

"I promised her...I would remain the one constant in her life. No matter what."