Blackfeather Woods before the night is through

K-kaer — She halted, tongue feeling heavy with the strangers unusual name. Tok...Kaertok. Though she struggled she had done it, answered Nona's question with the pale man's name. Not that it had mattered much. He had not stayed and had not been hostile on the borders — which she thanked Ramsay's presence for surely (she thought) helping keep any aggression at bay. Jakoul was not equipped to protect herself so keenly.

Her head shook softly. There was nothing unusual in the woods that she had spotted. Visitors were limited to the natural prey that drifted through the woods or the birds who jumped the branches above. I watch...more. Even if things seemed dull around them she would not become less vigilant.