Swiftcurrent Creek let the rain wash away the pain

Kieran wasn't thinking to protect the girls at the moment. No he was just thinking that his job wasn't over yet. So he was staying until the end, until he was dismissed. It was the way he had been taught. You finish the mission no matter what.

Kieran was surprised at the reaction of Scimitar, but he supposed if he had assumed Kiva dead without knowing and then she shown up he would have been floored. Though he would have greeted her much more enthusiastically than the wolf before him did. Even if his beautiful Kiva had left and then came back, he would have been happy to see her, for Kieran loved her so much it hurt. But she was gone he had seen her cold dead body, had laid beside it for days. He shook his head quickly forcing himself to dispel the terrible images that danced in his mind's eye. So he waited patiently and watched the three in front of him.