Herbalists' Cache pain into power

war chief? gone?

sun eater felt a surge of anger but it would only dilapidate him to continually experience its sting. so he was silent, a cold smile creasing his face. "i did not want our sister to risk her life. she is needed. nagruk was a warrior of another clan. i offered her blood to eat. perhaps its taste was too much."

as he had done with sulukinak, sun eater sat up with a great unease, wincing with an audible groan. "you must go to sivaak. tell her what is happening. for now, she is saatsine. that means she is their enemy. she helped me. i would not see her or her children die."

"black hawk is a traitor. she chose to submit, but she is not to be trusted. she stands with blackfell. and my — star eater. sulukinak said she returned with the glacier scent upon her and did not come to me."

he could not yet accept that she was treasonous. he must know for certain. "if she is allied with them, then it is true that they will come," he made himself say all the same. talking took a monumental effort, and the chieftain lay down. "i will not ask you to fight, brother. my battle is my own."