Bitterroot Valley room to make a big mistake

"Well," she laughed, pleased at the idea of a hunt, "We must have a feast, if this is to decorate the place where feasts are held!"

For her return, he'd said. She wanted to ask if he'd missed her, as she'd asked Elowyn. Instead, he asked her about her family and whisked away all other thoughts.

"I have three baby brothers, now," she replied, her heart squeezing at the thought of them. "Valor, White Bear, and Skyfall. My mother is well."

At the bit about her father's blood, she hesitated. She and Rosie were her father's only blood, and that made her incredibly sad to think about. She decided that she would claim Dreamgirl as such all the same. It was what Easy had assured her was the Morningside way.

"How are things here?" she asked him, searching his face. "Elowyn said someone from your homeland has come to stay. Ravah. And more besides that."

She remembered Callahan, all of the sudden, but when she glanced to where she'd last seen him, it was to find him gone.