Dragoncrest Cliffs the devil in the belfry

this scene reminded her too strongly of haunt, departing to find her mother. a capable, changed girl had returned. but she had not suffered in the way avicus had; erzulie remembered the frightened, bleeding young wolf she had found upon their boundaries.
she exchanged a look with her wife.
there was nothing else to say, she felt. the beryl meant to leave. sapphique could bar her from returning or throw wide the gates when she came back.
"i be worryin' about you, ma fille," erzulie found herself saying aloud instead. who was this individual? why did avicus need to leave to find him. "where do dis boy be?"