The more time Lyden spent around Cae the more time he was believing his original thought of that perhaps they were in-fact soul mates. Her question about if he was hiding something from her took him a little off guard and for a moment he didn’t know how to answer her question. His breathing was steady as he continued to breath her scent in and his ears moved to listen to her comment about how she was a stranger in his herd and how his mares disapproved of his decision to trade for her made Lyden frown and tug at to wrap her up more tightly against his chest for comfort. ”oh honey you are most definitely not a stranger, my girls just didn’t understand however I explained to Azazel and gandy why I fought so hard to get you here. They understand more now and for the rest as soon as I see them I’ll explain and I’m sure they’ll understand as well” snorting Lyden felt angry that his precious felt like this for being labeled as a traitor in the bay angered him ”living here will not be like living in the bay, you my love are part of my family, and you’re mine. I want you to feel comfortable here and accepted, if I have to do a herd meeting so everyone can talk and get to know you then I will, I will not have you feeling like this in the forest, life is far to short and you mean far too me”.

Hearing her saying that she felt she was lucky to have found him made Lyden’s heart soar and when she agreed to head up shore Lyden nodded and moved to walk with her in silence for a brief moment until warm sand was felt beneath them and inquire about what he’d wish for came into the air. ”I’d wish for my past mistakes to be played out differently and for my twin girls to be raised here instead of the peak’ looking ahead of him as his heart clenched Lyden took a moment to sigh ”your earlier question about whether or not if I am hiding from you, well I’m not sure if I’m hiding it but yes there is something I should share with you” he paused and stopped walking to look at his precious girl ”when I was younger I use to have black outs, times where I’d do stuff and not remember what I did. Unfortunately one of my blackout moments happened during breeding season and I raped Skylar, the mare who has my girls in the peak now’ Lyden felt scared to death that Cae would judge him for his actions and so he looked away shamefully

”when I realized what I had done, I stuck with her, pleaded for forgiveness which I don’t think she ever truly did of course I couldn’t exactly blame her. We raised my first born Accalia, then we had Braylen our son who’s my second now and now recently had Moonshine and Meradith” Lyden paused for a breath ”for a very long time skylar was the only thing that kept me grounded, she pulled me out of feeling like an outsider and I relied on her to keep me sane. Having her disappear to the peak, birth out girls there, come back only to return there this time for good has ripped me open again. I feel vulnerable and awful. I want my girls to be here with me so badly now that I finally have a home that’s actually mine to raise them in. It angers me that she took them from me, and went so eagerly back to the peak, I felt as though these past few years meant nothing to her and that no matter what, I’ll always be doomed and judged for my horrid mistake that haunts me every day”