Nova Peak Toquer

His unvoiced thoughts resound like twin thunder within the breast of the huntress. The tranquil tribes of Big Sky had once received visitors with amity and it had cost them everything. By the time Ashēer armed their soldiers, it was too late. Ayovi would sooner grow the mountain’s numbers and lead raids to keep their barbaric neighbors from power…
If it were not for Skorpa, and this life they were cultivating in the ice. She wanted it.
“For the children,” Ayovi agrees, lips lifting to a true smile. “Your wife is a lucky woman, Lorcan,” for the man wore devotion plainly. “Your brood will be safe here.” And if the shadow hunter had coaxed the northman's trust, he won Ayovi’s too.