Briar’s smile widened immediately. Oh, in another time and another place, this young man would have made a splendid gentleman – or a higher station yet. A dreamer always, those days were cherished by Briar, and Fabletown often played to such fantasies. Here, however…

“Paixao,” she responded, demurely clasping her hands in front of her. “I’m afraid that if you’re looking for specifics, well, we’re still trying to figure all that out.”

He must have just come in through the gate, Briar reasoned. After all, who else would be wandering around, asking where he happened to be?

“My name is Briar Rose. And this is Freya. We’re rather new here ourselves.”