Bearclaw Valley Friends, or Foes?

the clash between her family and the white witch does not last long. the woman sprints away, bleeding, with two Ursus warriors in hot pursuit. she spares one brief glance for Aventus, attended to by her parents and the healer, then surges on by.

she bursts from the valley like flames out a busted window, snarling. but she is not yet swift enough to catch up to her brother's attacker, nor even her comrades.

eventually, she tires and slows, cursing herself. panting, she stops and stares at the retreating pale form, imagining that her eyes sear a hole in the back of that wretched skull. she will remember. she will not let this deed go unpunished, not as long as she lives.

Nyra had hurt Aventus, but her first and most serious crime—at least in the girl's eyes—was the flagrant disrespect of her mother.

she will pay for it. all of it. eventually.