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The news had hit him like a shot in the chest. He could hardly believe what he was hearing as Heath spoke those few, brief sentences to him. He had stood there staring, numb, unable to believe what was happening. He hadn't wanted to believe it. But then Heath was gone. His best friend was gone, along with his other good friend and their two children. Haven had wanted to protest, had wanted to yell that their ex-King was a liar and it was just some stupid manipulation of his. His tongue had been frozen though. Perhaps from the shock and perhaps from the look on his friend's face. The Knight stood on the porch of his house for a long time before he willed his feet to walk inside and share the devastating news with Princess. She cried, and he held her, but his tears would not come yet. There was a malestrom of emotions boiling inside him and he couldn't choose which one to let out first.
He stayed with Princess for a while, but eventually he needed to get out. Haven didn't want her to see him break apart like he knew he was about to. She didn't need to see the violent outburst he felt creeping up his spine like an out of control train. He kissed her, and said he would be back later and walked out the door without looking back. Haven needed to get away. He felt like he couldn't breathe. There was a sharp constriction in his chest. Despite the pain he started to run. He had no destination in mind aside from away from his quiet little home and his pregnant mate that he didn't want to upset any further than she already was. The Seneschal needed to release the storm that had gathered in the confines of his body.
Somehow, he reached Lunenberg and as if a switch went off, looked for the nearest building that was in the most disrepair. When he found it, the Knight ducked inside and immediately let out a rage-filled cry as he punched his fist through the wall. Pain radiated from his curled fist and he could feel little rivulets of blood leak from his knuckles, but he didn't care. Haven pressed his forehead against the wall and the tears finally came. It wasn't fair. It wasn't goddamn fair. Everything had been great. His life had been great, moving on to becoming almost perfect. He and Heath were going to be fathers together, raise their kids side by side in the same pack, a future neither of them would have ever imagined back when they first met. Now that was gone. Heath and Ruri were gone.
Bi-colored ears flicked as they heard the sounds of rummaging nearby in the town. Faintly Haven moved from the wall and without any seeming will of his own, moved towards the noise. There were tear streaks down his face and blood on his still curled fist as he stumbled into the abandoned house. Abandoned but for the other sad soul he found standing with a bottle in her hand and her eyes hidden from the world. Haven stood in silence, looking at her for some time before his cracked voice finally spoke. "Anann..." He could feel the tears well in his jades again. She knew how he was feeling. She was feeling it too.
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