Stone Circle turn off your porcelain face

Valette's heart clenched, but not in a good way when he called her by her name instead of 'mom'. Was that how he saw her? Just a random wolf he knew and not his mother anymore. Valette could cry, though she was certainly not doing that in front of Clay. "I am your mother. You are part of me. I know," she commented to him. She was uncertain why he was here since he had clearly not want to be here before.

Valette gave a nod in thank you to Siarut for protecting the territory once again, only now they didn't need protection. She turned back to Clay. "I've missed you. Where have you been? Were you out on your own?," she asked, she assumed because of his condition he was in. "Why did you leave?," she then asked, clearly hurt and confused. She had tried to be the best mother for him but apparently that had not been enough...