Lost Creek Hollow candle flame

Sandulf becomes standoffish but Shadowpup can’t quite parse why, oblivious that her tone had been disrespectful. Since Silvertongue’s disappearance, something had changed within the once-sweet and innocent child.

Shadowpup balked. Treat lesser? “What do you mean? I didn’t say anything like that,” she refuted him, unable to read between the lines. In her, there is a disconnect between words and the hidden meaning of them. “And I’m already kind,” she added sharply. Clearly, she was not.