Jade Fern Grove mea maxima culpa

his ears folded back, although he was a little glad that she was finally showing the pique he thought he deserved. they were my family, too, he retorted, his voice choked. morningside was all i had in the world, and i fucked it up. but i never did so intending to hurt anyone.

well. .. no. not all he had. but then he'd found blood family, and he'd squandered that opportunity, too.

aditya shook his head. i live nowhere, he said flatly. with no one. probably best that way. he was half-tempted to rise and pad away from her forever, shove her to the past with each and every one of the skeletons in his closet. something, though, kept him rooted, kept him meeting her hawkish gaze with his own.

i'm sorry, he offered lamely, the words hanging hollow in the space between them.