Moonspear to wait for my father, to gather up his tools

Guilt, stifling and heavy, filled her chest at the ease at which he accepted her lie. It made her want to stop him and tell him the truth, but she wouldn't; she promised Charon that she would keep this secret for as long as possible, and that's what she was going to do.

So, she didn't call out to him. Instead, she watched him leave, and then turned and headed to her den, praying she could make it there without running into anyone else.