Dragoncrest Cliffs schildwand

The call of some stranger trying to take the land where he had only just arrived was enough to bring Kaertok up alongside Rosalyn. They would need a united front if they meant to claim this land. There were two others lurking nearby, and Kaertok kept both of them in his peripheral vision as best as he could. Rosalyn had no chance against three of them, but two seasoned veterans against three was a much better shot.

He was weary from the traveling, and their search for Valravn had turned up nothing, but he was here, and he would do whatever the red queen wished. That was his duty not just to her, but to Raleska. Earn Rosalyn's trust. Earn Erzulie's trust. Earn Raleska's trust. Those three sentences repeated on a loop in his head.