Hearing Azazel talk it soothed Lyden and as his ears laid back against his crown as he listened Lyden sighed. The entire situation with the whole trade caused more strife then our brilliant pale king wanted it to be or even thought it would be. He felt good he was able to keep his word to cae but the guilt that everyone was putting on him for trading so many girls was getting to him. No-one else had to understand and he was alright with his but questioning him and forcing him to answer them was sort of pissing him off. Yes all his mares mattered to him, yes they all had an opinion and a right to say it to him and one another, but making their lead feel guilty for trying to be a good guy was going way beyond

”I didn’t think the trade would affect so many of us, and now that it’s done It’s changed me and I now understand not to do anything like that, however I don’t regret my choice. There are some that you just need in your life to keep you going, cae is one of them, as are you and gandy. You three keep me sane, you help me in different ways and I could not, and would not allow soljor to rip you away from me or gandy.” looking at the black mare as she laid her head on him Lyden smiled and fell silent. Hopefully now that she understood the reasoning she’d move forward so the forest could move forward, he’d deal with gandy and cae later.