Arrow Lake and i found her with some other lover

Rue shook her head. "I'm glad you found her when you did." She shuddered to think what Thorn would have discovered had his trip to the cliffs been delayed by a week or two. The pair traveled in heavy silence for a dozen or so paces before Rue switched to a considerably lighter subject.

"How have things progressed with your Swiftcurrent Creek beauty?" Rue asked nonchalantly, with only the slightest edge of teasing. She figured that she and Thorn were close enough to talk about-- and perhaps chuckle over-- such things.