Ravensblood Forest love & regret

And almost immediately after Hex again opened his mouth did Nox feel his mood sour. "Murkwood's given 'em enough. They've got shelter, food - and now ye say they're complainin'?" While that was not in fact what the crow had said, that was certainly what it sounded like to the Captain who rose stiffly to his paws.

He should've known better than to take in a landlubber. "Ye'v gone soft, Hex." Or perhaps he had been since he'd arrived. As far as Nox was aware, no one had come for the women and no one would. And though he had not been vigilant in tying up any loose ends following the raid, he was fairly confident the cliffside children would be too fearful to even approach their neck of the woods.