Gyrfalcon's Keep blood sister

the woman was made of darkness fading to gold, with curious eyes a shade for which he did not have a name. she was pretty; her appeal softened the seal hunter at once, and he favored her with a grin as she spoke in a tongue he did not know.
"i am chakliux, of village moontide, and this is my son, raiyuk."
she had said the name of her village, but its syllables were harsh for him to know. "will you speak it again, the title of your land?"