Great Bear Wilderness the soul rebels

Ira's response was to tell her he didn't know she had a brother, which earned a furrowed brow and a dry laugh from her. "Aye, just the one, though. Me twin, Skull, died when we were little," she shared, happy for Ira to learn more about her. And suddenly she wondered about his familial situation, though she thought she knew it pretty well. Bones had no idea that Jinx wasn't his biological mother.

When he mentioned the plateau's proximity, Bones chortled. "No, I'm staying at the creek," she said with a firmness only recently established. "But," she went on to say, "the distance won't stop me from seeing you. I cross me heart," she told him, planting a reassuring kiss on his nose.

Returning to the subject of Ira's family situation, Bones asked suddenly, "So what happened to your real dad?" She knew Lecter certainly wasn't one and the same. "And do ye have any brothers or sisters, aside from... the ones that died?" she queried softly.