Why in the hell are you hiding?

The very reason played just ahead of where Snow had taken up residence within the thick vines of the ridge, thankful for his dark coat that allowed him to blend with the shadows and move undetected so far as he watches the bodies of both his children frolic about. Where their mother’s were he didn’t have a clue, and found this to be the perfect opportunity to introduce himself while the other part of him argued to keep clear of them altogether for he shouldn’t have a part in them at all. He’d been a nervous wreck since finding out both the ridge women were pregnant, something he should have thought about before letting himself get caught in the middle of the snuggle pile he’d come across but they’d been far too tempting.

Memories of his brother’s anguish filled cries echo in his subconscious mind, the night the woman they both had loved had been expected to give birth but there were too many things going wrong, and he’d had to stand alongside his brother as the life faded from the eyes of his mate and child, Snow’s niece or nephew, a mystery as the other male had no desire to find out. They took their time burying the pair in her favorite spot, and then suddenly it was only the pair of brother’s once more once the last bits of dirt fell onto closed eyes. Snow became angry at a lot of things, blaming himself and the curse he always seemed to carry wherever he went, doomed to bring nothing but sadness and blight to his loved ones.

His very first mistake had been to love her, and maybe had he not fallen she would still be alive and at the side of Yoren like the older male deserved. His brother wanted happiness and Snow had doomed them both.

This is why he can not show himself to the innocent little girl’s just beyond, whose sweet nature would be tarnished by the darkness Snow wears upon himself like a cloak, yet his heart longs to know the little ones. So he merely watches them in the silence of the early morning, a silent guardian and in charge of his daughter’s while their mother’s take their time with each other again.

Whatever cruel god plagued him day in and day out, Snow would not let it touch the precious lives before him.