toquesain; an alarm, usually sounded by the ringing of bells. the creeping anxiety of being watched, in danger, confined. a beast made of teeth and claws and the tenacity to use them; a bloodletter, a wild thing, a creature always poised to flee or fight. Bred to fight bears, her every meal bought in portions of her own flesh left in the ring. Saved by the father who taught her to fight, and now tasked with saving a human who shares her skittish, scarred personality. The first step in recovery is to survive.