Rising Sun Valley the knife's edge

Neither of us have mentioned the SC invasion of SS, so shall we assume this happens before? Since we don't know what the outcome of that will be.

Floods blurred her vision by the time Jace stepped forward. The anger seemed to have evaporated, and Bazi tried in vain to stifle sniffles and sobs against his shoulder. Had she had the presence of mind to check, she would have seen that it was healing well.

"I don't know," she wailed, turning her head away from his questioning eyes to wipe the freely flowing tears against the inside of her front leg. The spot was turning a faint yellow from use. The weeping girl kept her face averted, gulping back sobs and guilt. She had done her part to soil Jace's name, but more so his alpha's. "I love the Creek. It's home. And I will not join Ferdie, " this was said savagely, with a healthy measure of venom, "If it hadn't been for him, you would still be at the Creek." She sniffed and huffed, and eventually grew still, leaning her weight against him though both eyes were fixed on the elsewhere and beyond.

"Njal defended you. And Tuwawi," she murmured. ".. I didn't. I thought.. I-.. I thought you.." Embarrassed, she stepped away from him, ears flat with the weight of shame and eyes fixed on the ground. "I thought you'd picked Ferdie."