Grouse Thicket put on your war face

"Yes," Laurel said, though the wry look on her face expressed that it wasn't anything to be joyful about, now. "She was my only friend at the Grotto. It's all my fault that we left Laika and Casmir to go with Reek. He promised us we'd be princesses, but —" She cut herself off and pursed her lips in anger as she looked away. "She's not around anymore now." Who knew where she was now.

Kylla, Laurel could only assume, had to be the name of his sister. The way he described his sister made her heart ache because missing Indra was a lot like missing half of her heart. It was like a part of her had been ripped away and it would never be replaced again.

"I don't know what happened. She just... Was gone, one day. But she'd never leave on her own, not without telling me, so something must've happened." Maybe they would've looked for her if she hadn't tried to kill Tapat. But the pups were probably part of why she had left, if she'd gone on her own. But why would she leave without consulting Laurel? What if Jhala had murdered Indra and hid the body, because she hated her children so much?