"Ah." Macklyn said as the flood of Eric's emotions coursed through him. This is what he had feared. That it would be not just a negative thing, but an incredibly painful thing. He had not weighed the chance of it enough. Now he was filled with regret and sorrow that he had done such harm to his soulmate. He had not meant it to be anything but a cute little gift.
If he hadn't been fae, Macklyn would have killed the kitten right then to end the suffering of his mate, though he supposed that wouldn't have made Eric any happier. As it was, he couldn't bring himself to such horrible resolutions and tucked the kitten back behind him, as if it being out of sight would help.
"I'm so sorry, Eric. I shouldn't have..." he shook his head, chiding himself silently, feeling terrible and already trying to come up with a way to make amends for this. Macklyn turned back toward the door, intent in getting the creature out of the house before it could do more damage. "I'll take it to Selina, she'll care for it."