[KAWAI]
Ahead of them, Kosta and Tamiko had been listening. It was inevitable for them, and healthy; it was something that most hadn't expected. Not like this. Maybe because they still had a lot to work through, but it was what it was. This.
"They talk too much," Kosta said hoarsely, finally addressing what he had heard.
The words were like blades that cut under his skin. And it wasn't just because they'd come out of love, but because of the thought that if he had gone through with his attempt the previous night, this wouldn't have happened.
None of this would have been tabled, and Kosta wasn't sure how to feel about that. He never thought his people trusted him that much, and now, as he walked the road with his Erasthai and the warriors from battle.
The Lycan Chief was scared of what the future would be like for him. He didn't know if he had the strength to get through this. Or even the sanity to figure out what his people needed from him as a Lycan Chief.
