As if worried she would change her mind, Augustus refused to approach Theora until the very end, when it was time for Yanheim's caravan to depart. It wasn't like she had ever been very touchy with the bird, but seeing her hawk on Yanheim's shoulder rather than hers broke Theora's heart. She got angry, then sad, then angry again, but there was nothing she could do; the white hawk was sticking to its new owner and refused to approach her or Danell at all. The caravan left a couple of days after she'd recovered from her fever, and she watched, helpless, as Augustus disappeared into that tunnel with them. Danell, who had been staying by her side during this time, tried to console her, but his words fell on deaf ears; Theora just felt like there had been far too much sacrificed for the sake of
