Moonspear right there out on the deck

Kindle stole one last glance at Alaric before he followed the young chief, stopping a distance away so that he would not face her teeth if it came to it.

"She was afraid for her child, Kinusi," he called to her, his voice soft so as not to carry. "And then they were both afraid."

He could well imagine how disconcerting it would have been to wake up to that argument, surrounded by strangers.

Kindle took another step back.

"I'll do as you've said," he confirmed, moving then to follow in the path of the other two women. He'd said all he meant to to his leader, and the rest would have to be up to her.