LOREN
As Loren emerged back into the tunnel, he blinked when he saw Wessex still waiting there. Pausing for just a moment, his ears flicked and his tail swished. He regarded her silently.
Then he growled a little low in his throat. Shifting to human, he crossed his arms. Pressing his lips together, he glanced past the Wraith to the exit beyond her. Astra pressed herself against his legs, but he didn't pet her. Not this time.
Instead he refocused his attention on the Queen of the Hollowed Ground and, as far as he knew, the unofficial leader of the Ascended. "The Voice offered to Ascend me." He laid it out before her without preamble, and without any real change in his expression.
Then he growled a little low in his throat. Shifting to human, he crossed his arms. Pressing his lips together, he glanced past the Wraith to the exit beyond her. Astra pressed herself against his legs, but he didn't pet her. Not this time.
Instead he refocused his attention on the Queen of the Hollowed Ground and, as far as he knew, the unofficial leader of the Ascended. "The Voice offered to Ascend me." He laid it out before her without preamble, and without any real change in his expression.
But don’t be weary if it’s broken
Families are like that—
they’re split up and always torn.
