PHOEBE
’Then I do not have the words.” she said softly. She hadn’t experienced it. She could likely never understand it as he did. ”But that doesn’t mean my heart doesn’t hurt knowing you experienced things so awful…worse even.” she said. To have to fight your own siblings so young? Phoebe would not have wished that on her worst enemy – and while Loren certainly had a cruel streak in him, she didn’t hate him either or consider him an enemy; and clearly that cruel streak had been nurtured into him.
But when he said Zariah was coming back, her frown deepened. She was silent for a moment, wondering how he knew that but deciding it didn’t matter. ”The pact your family had doesn’t exist here anymore, right? You are beholden to no one but yourself, no matter what she thinks.” she said encouragingly, trying to bolster his own spirit. Zariah was a formidable woman, but if he didn’t want to be under her thumb again, he had to be willing to weather the storm she would bring.
”I would never leave a child without a loving home. If you want, you can bring them here whenever you would like to expose them to this atmosphere. I am sure the boys would love some friends.” she said, nodding when he asked if she would take in the Launceleyn children, and did so without hesitation. ”Though…it sounds like you’re planning to do something foolish…?” she said, raising a brow at him.
But when he said Zariah was coming back, her frown deepened. She was silent for a moment, wondering how he knew that but deciding it didn’t matter. ”The pact your family had doesn’t exist here anymore, right? You are beholden to no one but yourself, no matter what she thinks.” she said encouragingly, trying to bolster his own spirit. Zariah was a formidable woman, but if he didn’t want to be under her thumb again, he had to be willing to weather the storm she would bring.
”I would never leave a child without a loving home. If you want, you can bring them here whenever you would like to expose them to this atmosphere. I am sure the boys would love some friends.” she said, nodding when he asked if she would take in the Launceleyn children, and did so without hesitation. ”Though…it sounds like you’re planning to do something foolish…?” she said, raising a brow at him.
When the static clears
And all is said and done
I will realize that we all need someone
