Redtail Rise and the pleiades

another dead.
"come t'rough de tangle if you wish. passage to de soun'. hunt wid us in return." they were allies. and erzulie would not hesitate to aid avicus with the chance to avenge the death of her mother.
she did not ask how many;
she trusted that the red wolf would be loyal in their alliance.
njord; she looked at him. "dis be avicus. leader of de rise. sapphique's companion." the only one they had. the only one they needed, perhaps for now. "avicus, dis be njord. guardian to de cliffs an' part of our family."