Quetz watched the two of them and flew off.
"I am sorry that you l— let go of your family because of me," she said in a breathy voice.
Daryn kissed her head and said, "No silly. I am sorry that I wasn't here when Brantley made that deal with you. I wish I had known of his intentions beforehand. I wouldn't have let you do it. Gayle is a strong werewolf. He would have found his way out."
She leaned on his chest right over the tattoo, which had stars dripping from it, as if they were droplets of water from its moonbeams. She wrapped her arms around him and brought her hand to his waist. "I had to," she murmured. "If I didn't, he would have been even more dangerous. We will soon find the jewel and hand it over to him and get out of here."
Daryn stroked her hair to reassure that he was there with her. "Do you even know anything about the Stone of Solaris?"
