<span style="color: #ff9999">“Karrie knows more of my past than I would like. So I don’t want to talk about it and I would appreciate it if she kept her mouth shut about me.”</span>Karrie shrugged and sat down on the other side of Rachel.<span style="color: #ff4d4d">“Fair enough.”</span><br/><br/>Ras slowly squeezed Relene and shook his head. “Don’t say that. None of this is your fault. I failed your mother, I couldn’t protect her and her loved ones, I couldn’t protect you. I couldn’t make her happy and then I… tried to fix Sahra so that she could have a mate who wouldn’t hurt her anymore and I just made things worse. I’m sorry I took your mother away from you, I’m sorry I let you down.”<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>