“She knew him as much as the knowing of her own heart’s secret: she was destined for the forest.”

“It's a pook, a messenger...spy is more like it," Kern explained sourly. "This one will tattle, and I'll never hear the end of it when I go back." An eyebrow lifted. "Consorting with a human.”

“She knew him as much as the knowing of her own heart’s secret: she was destined for the forest.”