Voren walked back over to the bed and lay down beside her again, both of them back to looking up at the soft light from above.
"I'm not gonna sugarcoat it for you. I was already in so much pain, and that story just fed right into everything the angry side of me wanted to hear about you. Like you were so obsessed with Ravyn that you didn't even recognize who you were anymore."
Seraphine swallowed hard but stayed silent, just listening.
"You went back to school after that. Then the news hit that you were pregnant." His voice broke a little on that last word before he caught himself.
"You put your medical program on hold and headed back to the pack to finish things there. I heard about it all from Ravyn, and I just... I completely fell apart, Sera. Something inside me snapped for real."
