Phantom Hollow and he rose up, passed over the river

The man responded without aggression, which was a point in Moorhen's book. Still, when he turned and started toward her, she warned him back with a flash of teeth, her stance stiffening as she prepared to defend herself.

"No," she said in response to her question. The woods were just a stand of trees, to her. Only the sea held any true magic for the Cairn girl, and it was not so much a power that she felt as a tradition she observed.