Swiftcurrent Creek stay with me, my blood, you don't need to run

Kavik winced as her words hit him, taking a slow step back despite the panic in his chest. Alessia, he said gently, attempting to calm her down. You're injured, he added a second later. I just want to make sure you're okay. He also wanted to know who had done this to her and why. Who would attack a clearly very pregnant female? He supposed outsiders wouldn't be quite as concerned with her well-being as he was, but this whole thing just didn't settle well with him. He wanted to move forward again and at least help clean her wounds, but he remembered the way her words had stung, like they were knives in his heart; he had just wanted to take care of her, and she had spoken to him like he was some stranger or worse, like he had been the one to wound her in the first place. So, he stayed where he was, hoping he could calm her enough to let him close enough to help.