Swiftcurrent Creek winter's wife

Bazi narrowed her eyes, unconvinced, but smart enough not to press the point. She didn't wish to get embroiled in someone else's emotional turmoil - certainly not if they weren't going to volunteer the story.

"OK," she responded plainly, clearly not experiencing their conversation on the same wavelength. At the very least, Kieran spoke of glowing embers - Bazi was not certain now that she and Scimitar would ever progress beyond that first little spark that had never quite started a fire.