Kai stopped when she saw the three of them, her grip tightening on Warren's hand. The look in Karren's eyes was downright....motherly. It was a look Kai knew but hadn't seen in so long. Her own mother had given her that look quite a few times. Worried, angry, yet still relieved in a way. It was hard to understand that look since she herself wasn't a mother.<br/><br/>Before Kai could speak, however, Lorraine beat her to it.<br/><br/>-<br/><br/>Lorraine was quiet as she stood in the hall, Karren pacing to her right and Brandt on the other side of the hall not even bothering to calm his mother down. Something told her he'd seen this one too many times. When the door opened, the look in Karren's eyes somehow got worse, as if she were ready to scold everyone just for breathing.<br/><br/>The other woman's words made her shift uncomfortably on her feet, her gaze falling to the floor for a brief moment.<br/><br/>"I'm afraid that it might have been my fault, Alpha," she said, eyes on Karren now. Rather than try to explain it all, Lorraine used the bond and showed her the memory of that morning and the short conversation she had with Warren before he left.