The Heartwood I will find you.

"I can find better subjects if I wished." There were plenty of loners to choose from in the Wilds, but Burke's son was special, different. She did not know how to react if she brought him home as a captive. "You do not need to fear that we will harm you." Even from Burke. She would keep the Gamma in check from harming his own son, if they would be driven to blows.

The priestess gave her marking a casual glance. "It is a mark of my religion. Burke has the same mark now, if you must know." She wondered how Sebastian would react to that. She did not tell him what her religion was about, but if he did know, she would think he would appalled. Or he would expected something like this to happen to his father.