Ravensblood Forest serenity

"it's sap!" heda laughed. "ma — a man i knew, he was a healer. you can use sap to close wounds."
and like those sutured edges, heda closed, having almost spoken of mahler.
of fathers.
heda blended the more the snow fell, save for the cerise blaze along her spine. "what will we do if they come back? the ones who were here?"