Ravensblood Forest salt waiting

he'd killed pepper.
pepper was dead.
crowell had ripped him apart.
pepper was dead.
chacal's appearance had the effect of a dam bursting for chani. as her mother silently offered the saltwater fish, she started to sob. jaws parted to speak, arms trembled for the tanzanite to hold her.
but a fetid shadow fell across them both, and her eyes fell with harsh dourness on the pirate who still believed she belonged to him.
and he thought them sisters! stupid! but it was just as well.
"she is, and so is mireille. when will de captain be movin' dem to a better place?"