It was sad. A lot of my boys get long happy lives with their partners, their men, their handlers, their alphas, their keyholders, or their Doms. David got his happily ever after and a long life, and he experienced true love twice. If David hadn’t met Judd, Judd would have relapsed and OD’ed. And the children him and David later adopted would have remained in foster care. So even though losing Darren is sad, one door closing means many others opened. Or at least, I like to think of it like that.