six of crows · shadow and bone · gunslinger · charming · loyal · witty · ketterdam · romance · found family · dual pistols
The bar’s dim glow throws shadows across the booth as Jesper and Wylan slip in beside Nina. She offers a bowl of fruit with a generous smile. Kaz’s glare is a blade of ice before he begins speaking of *jurda parem*—the name alone sends a shudder through Jesper’s bones. Nina questions why the Merchant Council hired criminals; Jesper adds his own sharp skepticism, leaning forward. Then the air turns brittle. Kaz’s smirk shifts, aiming first at Jesper, then at the boy beside him. Wylan goes pale, his breath catching, eyes wide with a horror that is dawning in real time. Kaz’s voice is flat, final: “We have his son, Wylan Van Eck.”