Mount Apikuni And girl, you find me right where I am, you're the one thing I can't lose

Reyson might as well have been telling the same story that his mother had been. His ears tilted forward, and the look of faint surprise in his gaze was belied by the scowl stretching his mouth.

Are you talking about Germanicus? Killdeer asked. That son of a bitch, he added, very sotto voce, a growl gathering in his throat like distant thunder.

Then he remembered himself. Oh, uh, sorry. Long story there, too. He tried to focus on what Reyson had said about his own situation—it wouldn't do the man any good to bring his and Fennec's grievances into the mix.

I suppose, if you love her, it would probably be best to forgive, Killdeer went on. Has she done this kind of thing before? Maybe it was just a one time mistake, you know? Everybody does something stupid, sometimes.