The question might have seemed intrusive, but Joseph had been the one who'd brought it up. "For a good long while, yes I was," he admitted. "But I had Sylvia and she understood what I was going through and kept bringing me back. Or at least, giving me deserving targets."
He pressed a soft kiss to Rhys' cheek. "That's why I worry for you more," he explained. "I know how hard it was to be a fledgling and I had a capable, understanding sire and wasn't Embraced on the edge of Gehenna. Your brief time as a Kindred has been so much more unnecessarily difficult than mine was."