Ocean's Breath Plateau master of the house

Raiyuk expressed his hesitance and Matteo paused to think for a moment. Luckily, the seal hunter boy was one step ahead of him. "That sounds great," he agreed. By the time they had found something for Marina, the lodge would hopefully be dry enough to finish.

Speaking of the boy's father: "Has there been any news of Chakliux?" He wondered idly if his father's absence had something to do his friend's short fuse, but decided not to push too deeply into that wound for now lest he face another outburst. 

He felt for Marina; the poor woman had been through so much. But she was lucky to have someone as fierce as Chakliux who would chase demons to the end of the earth for her.