Luneshale Pass on this road autumn sunset

S'ari was close to the woman now and could see her face clearly. And she watched as the coyjackal's expression lightened with joy at seeing her... and then fall.

News? S'ari repeated, warily. What is it? She couldn't imagine what the woman might say to her. Perhaps just an explanation of where she had been. If that was it, and Kusuma worried S'ari would be angry for her disappearance, that couldn't be further from the truth. But she would hold her tongue and let the dark woman speak before saying anything.