Hushed Willows Even if it makes me blind, I just wanna see the light

Reverie quieted as Reina addressed what had become the elephant in the room over these last weeks. She knew that everyone saw it, but thus far no one had said anything, just as no one had said anything at Swiftcurrent Creek. They were all content to watch it happen, perhaps blame her when all was said and done. Just like the first time.

So she'd tried to ignore it. She thought that maybe if she kept her mouth shut, pretended to be happy, maybe — it would be different. Maybe it would all just go away. But it hadn't.

The pack has been left to me, Reverie admitted quietly, unable to look at Reina. All of it. I - I'm afraid he's going to leave me. Why else would he withdraw from the pack which had been his vision, his dream? And she would be alone again with a future she'd chosen with someone else in mind.