Dragoncrest Cliffs This place of loss

Lucette listened in silence, but her mouth twisted bitterly with each new insult. Both littermates set above her, and nothing for herself. Nothing but to watch.

Her expression smoothed when Sobeille asked after Chacal, but only to hide her stormy thoughts. Rebellion was already brewing behind her venom-green eyes. She would not submit to a littermate.

Probably dead, Lafayette supplied, earning a sharp glance from Lucette. Her gaze softened just as quickly; all the grief seemed to have struck a sickness into him. He couldn't be blamed.

He was probably right, anyway.