Barrow Fields While we walk the pilgrim pathway

names and a pack she was not familiar with. sobeille stiffened, wondering if maman knew these wolves or that they settled somewhere down the coast.

dere names? she asked of the patently patient man, paw still possessively digging into the fish.

behind him the stranger rested his head on his paws — watchful, but not intervening. some might find it rude to not be addressed by all parties, but sobeille was deeply satisfied by his “been-seen-but-not-heard” mannerism. she attributed it to a form of courtesy very few of the mainland possessed.