"What????!" Robert said with an incredulous look in his eyes. "I did no such thing! First I simply asked the Alpha's to see to your care. That is tradition in this clan. Second, I do love you. Third, it was out of that love that what we did came from. Nothing else. You seem determined to believe the worst of me and mine and your entire heritage. Leave if you must but don't comfort yourself with thoughts that I drove you away. If you change your mind, do it quickly, a male wolf without his mate will not live long, you may find me dead when you return." He turned and left her and headed out to the woods near the house where he turned to his wolven form and began to grieve, howling long and loud. The entire community could hear and recognize it. It was the howl of a widowed male.