Chapter 30

When Kor came home for dinner, Diana threw herself on him and clung to him desperately. He hugged her tightly.

"What's wrong?" he asked with concern. "Did Kil come back?"

Diana shook her head against him then, her voice breaking, told him, "Claire killed her mate and herself. She was pregnant, Kor. How could she do that? I know she was unhappy, but why?"

Kor said nothing, just scooped Diana up and carried her to their living area, where he sat down with her cuddled on his lap. Diana shook in his arms and cried. She couldn't have even said why. She'd barely known Claire. She obviously didn't feel the same way about her marriage as Claire had. But Diana cried anyway. Cried for the loss of the life she knew, cried for the loss of the child who wasn't wanted, cried because she loved her husband but he would never say the words back because his culture didn't have a word to say love.

And Kor, understanding her need to release, it seemed, just held her. He said not a