Of course what she'd said before was going to bite her in the ass now. Gritting her teeth, she glared at him as he denied her the cub. But then he blasted into a speech, something that shocked her as she hadn't expected him to become upset like this.
It stung to hear that he was scared of her, but she didn't understand the way he meant it, only the way she saw it. Eyes softening toward the end, not knowing what she should do now with all of this new information she'd had no idea about before, Dacia began to panic.
"I...I didn't know!" she finally shouted, hanging her head, feeling horrible now knowing how scared he'd been for her safety, how much he'd actually cared. Surely, she thought, she'd ruined it all now.
The cubs, literally in the middle of all of this, looked absolutely frightened and ready to retreat off into a dark den. Constance had started squealing as she squirmed around in Dacia's hands. Clarity, she could see, was equaling upset.
It saddened her to look at all of them, feeling guilty and helpless now that Dorian had poured his heart out to her. The idea of someone caring for her, even thinking that she deserved something more than he felt he could provide...it was foreign to her. But she, too, was scared of the unknown. She didn't know what to think or what to do or what she even felt for him now; it was all a jumbled mess in her head.
"Dorian," she said weakly, looking up at him one last time with eyes so deep and brimming with all the feelings clouding her at this moment. "I'm sorry." Quickly stepping forward, she planted a kiss to his lips as she took Constance into her free hand, a kiss that meant a bit more to her now. The only problem with that, she couldn't hug him goodbye. Tears building up in her eyes, she tore herself away from him reluctantly, twins now in her possession.
"Good luck... I'm sorry." And with that, she ran. Ran for Ketra, ran away from her fears, ran away from it all. Giving him one last glance back, her tears overcame her will. She knew already what a mistake she was truly making, but how could she turn back now? So, she just kept running.