Blackfoot Forest every year is getting shorter

She doesn't pursue her captor, now the only instinct is to run.  She bites it back, though, for Kalganov blocks the way and he is 

(handsome)
(blackfeather)
(enemy)

She doesn't know what to do.  She wants to force herself past him but she feels like she owes him something.  But he looks frustrated with her and that scares her — what if he decides she is no use and kills her anyway?  What if he decides to keep her and forces her to stay?

She swallows her fear and walks up to him brave-faced, and boldly makes to touch the curve of his jaw with her nose.  I'm sorry, comes the form of her silent apology.  But anyone who loves her (even for a moment, even if it's not real) should expect to get burned.  She's fire.  It's all she's capable of.