Marcus appreciates what Dan has done, waking him and making sure he's ready for when Sabrina gets home, and when she walks in the door, he's dressed, tea is brewing, and Trass is there, too, nudging his big head under Sabrina's arm. The wolf has lost people, too, and Marcus is of the mind he understands it just as well as the rest of them do.

"Come on, duck," he says in a gentle voice when he rounds the corner to the front door. He moves forward, collecting her into his arms and he wants to get her sitting down, wants to get her tea and a blanket and a safe space to cry in if she needs, but first he has to do this. Has to give her whatever small comfort he's able when he wraps his arms around her and pulls her against him.