Emberwood spider and gioma had a love few others had seen,

ingram stiffened under the intensity of the male's stare, mulling over the unpleasantry he had just claimed to have been part of. it was not in ingram's nature to be too skeptical, even of strangers -- unfortunately, his blase life had made him uniquely unsuited for scrutinizing when someone was using guile against him.

therefore, he did not detect that the male was lying, and as the stalwart figure lurched towards him, ingram's only thought was how could he -- how could he kill wylla?  over what had amounted to a prank? grief choked his senses and with a dullness in his heart he swung towards the male's onslaught with teeth bared to jawspar -- if this brute had killed his sister, ingram would fight tooth and claw, whether he won -- or died.