"So this...this pack that kicked you out," I said, feeling like I was stepping on shaky ground. "Would they ever come to finish the job?"

"I doubt it," Archer said.

"Probably so," Grady said at the same time.

"Well." I nodded. "That clears everything right up."

"We're not even in the Crimson Forest," Archer said. "We're right on the edge, in the Slipjoint Forest. Neutral ground. That's what Faust said anyway."

Faust, as in the ...