Dragoncrest Cliffs Dude, this is a Wendy's restaurant.

disconcerted as val was, his tensed shoulders softened as he learned lilitu did not know of aventus' fixture in arielle's life.

maybe it was a different arielle. oh, val hoped.

he was her mate. val swallowed, stifling the memories of his last encounter with them. it was better lilitu did not own an image in her head of her sister rounding upon a child to rip it to shreds.

of course, if it was even the same arielle. i don't know where she is. maybe it's a different arielle. i left that group nearly a year ago. but last i saw them they were in bearclaw valley. that's -- val measured the sun's position in the sky. very inland. almost entirely south of us.