~ ZEV ~
"How long did it take Xar to get to the top?"
"Getting to the top wasn't the problem," Dunken muttered. "It was keeping it once he was there. His darkness has started and he's… I don't know, Zev. Sometimes I think he's fine, and other times I wonder if he's going to snap. Remember that Hare that—"
"Yes, yes, I know what you mean." Zev cursed under his breath. Darkness, or mourning, was what they all called the debilitating grief that followed a Chimera after the loss of their mate. In rare cases the Chimera didn't waste away, but their minds broke. There had been a hare a few years ago… Zev shook his head. "How is he holding Alpha if he's that loose?"
"It's not all the time. The humans come and they do something. No one knows what. Some kind of medication? He always settles down after they've been here. But then a few weeks passes and he's on edge again."
"And he blames me for all this?"
Dunken gave him a quick look. "Yhet told you?"
