Daughter of Blood (2015)
“They rolled their ghostly eyes toward Kalan as if to say they did not need to be given a scent, and instead quartered the inner camp. Five sniffed around the pavilion before flattening their ears and growling at Kolthis’s tent, a low rumble that began deep in their bellies and did not die away. The remaining six circled the cart barrier before ranging into the outer camp to investigate the burned wagon. When Kalan followed, the retainers there showed him how the fire had been set deliberately. ...Fuel had been gathered beneath the wagon, and the jar of lantern oil used to light it had been discarded nearby.
“It was started not long before the attack.” The speaker was the same woman who had wanted to speak when Kalan and Aarion passed by earlier. “As a distraction, maybe, to draw our attention away from the perimeter and our herd.”
“But it also roused us,” a second woman said. She sounded reluctant—perhaps, Kalan thought, placing her, for the same reason she had stopped her companion from speaking before.MoreLess
“It was started not long before the attack.” The speaker was the same woman who had wanted to speak when Kalan and Aarion passed by earlier. “As a distraction, maybe, to draw our attention away from the perimeter and our herd.”
“But it also roused us,” a second woman said. She sounded reluctant—perhaps, Kalan thought, placing her, for the same reason she had stopped her companion from speaking before.MoreLess
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