Lake Rodney Staring death in the face

His smile fell into a thin line when she refused his proposal, and his eyes frowned. A protest of 'why not?' formed on his lips, but never surfaced; his mouth opened, only to click shut in puzzlement when she went on to explain.

"O-Okay," a nervous laugh filtered around his words, but he wasn't okay with silence he offered after. He understood as much as he didn't understand. Serem didn't need to say her pack was dangerous for him to get the point through all she left unspoken.

He wondered, too, if maybe it wasn't her family - if maybe it was them who had given this wound to her.

"You don't have to go back to there, you know," he blurted out, but he totally knew what he was doing, and he totally meant it, "If they're not safe, you can always go somewhere else. You could even stay with me, I could heal you, and we could both find somewhere together."