They had been separated for days, though to Marigold it had felt much longer. Liam had brought her to a small fort in the northern woods, beyond the Woods of the Wisps, and there they stayed while the harsh winter snows buried the landscape. Selkies did not fare well in snow, Liam reminded her, so it would be best to wait for the storm to die down before venturing forward to Farraige.
But Mari didn’t want to go.
She didn’t want to move farther away from Bigby. She knew he had no reason to come looking for her -- he was free and could do as he pleased -- but part of her hoped. She couldn’t go to him. So perhaps he would come to her.
The selkie stood outside of the fort’s large wooden doors, her cloak wrapped tightly around her. She stared out into the woods, eyes searching, heart hoping. Liam had given up on trying to make her come inside -- she’d relent when icy cold gripped her nose and fingertips.
Until then, though, she would wait.