Ravensblood Forest suddenly he's up and gone

Verx shot Reyes a warning glance when the teeth came out, his gaze censorious. More anger would only make this situation worse, especially misguided anger. He could sympathize with the Rusalka boy, though; he had no idea what was going on, and the Trig certainly didn't help matters. He let his eyes soften before turning back to Drago, mournfully nodding.

I don't blame you for not believing me, he said, switching to common tongue for good, now, if only to make Reyes feel a little bit more at ease in the clusterfuck of a situation. I haven't done a good job with any of this. I messed up, Drago. But now I'm trying to fix it as much as I can.

There were still many questions to be answered, the most pressing of which was: Where is your sister? Why isn't she with you? Could you lead us back to her? There was time enough to figure out why they were here, why Aure had left Diaspora, why Aure had left them. Seriously, what the fuck?

But right now, he was most focused on seeing his daughter, too. And lest he forget-- I don't want you trying to get back to Rusalka alone, Verx said to Reyes, mouth twisting in worry. Come with us, and then we'll all go back together.