Heron Lake Plateau i.x : who was only a stranger at home

After that last shriek had left her maw, Maegi abruptly clammed up. There was nothing more to say, and besides, she was lost in a nightmare. She saw him. He was dragging Mou away, not a cougar. And then he turned to her and she saw

two eyes one indigo one fire

a twisted face

You killed him.

No, Maegi mouthed, oblivious to the growing unease in the guardian. 

He will die because of you.

snakes come out of the eyes, spiders from the mouth

there's something under her paws, sticky

Bringer of plague. Pestilent death.

I didn't, Maegi whimpered, then came back to herself again, staring blankly up at the Redhawk female. She felt like running but couldn't move, rooted to the ground in terrified paralysis. 

If she was going to kill her, why didn't she do it already?

the wait's agonizing and

Sithis is insistent

impatient