“Most of us survived, despite the circumstances,” Daud offers. That’s a metric of success by any measure, in his book. “Even if the casualties from the werewolf attack weren’t so great, those who’ve been cursed will have to live with it for the rest of their lives. There’s no cure for that.”

Though now that they’re on the topic of wolves and it’s on his mind...

“You were collecting silver on the expedition, weren’t you? How much of it do you have left?”