Ras watched Shauna silently from the far side of the room, shaking his head all the while. "So how long are you going to let yourself suffer before you accept that it's okay to ask me for help? As long as you had planned on not telling me about your run in with the necromancer all those years back? Are you going to let yourself waste away over a small amount of pride? You have a family who loves you at home, you have me who would do anything for you without a second thought, but you're too caught up in something that's never done anything but hurt you to notice. I know you're starving, but I'm not going to feed you until you act like the adult you are and ask me. I don't want you to beg, I just want you to swallow your pride and ask me, your mate and caregiver, to help you."<br/><br/>Rayne nodded a bit and finished her coffee before standing up to wash out the cup and put it back.<span style="color: purple">"I'd probably kick her and Zelina's ass if I could. I could never raise my voice let alone my hand to Zelina and Bayne preys on my darkest desires making it impossible for me to deny her... and it'd be selfish of me to deny the other Zelina much needed food."</span>She shrugged and returned to the table.<span style="color: purple">"Well if working in the city isn't going to work I'd still like some way to help out or at least repay your kindness of letting us live here."</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>