Swiftcurrent Creek my whole heart

Bazi offered apolologies, and Paar managed a solemn, watery smile for her. She too was sorry for the way things had turned out; while she would forever love Shadow and the way things used to be, the crimson Frostfur had no regrets in leaving him. It would be best for all of them, she told herself time and time again, and she did feel better with the support of Swiftcurrent's wolves - Bazi and Scimitar especially.

"He was not the wolf I thought - or hoped - he was," Paar admitted sadly, afraid to share too much detail for fear of her unpredictable emotions. "There were things he kept from me, and things I could not being myself to accept. I kept things from him too," she swallowed, and looked briefly over a slim shoulder to her subtly swollen abdomen. "I did not inform him of my pregnancy before I left. Does that make me awful?"