Duskbound - Chapter 16

... mix of friendly and mistrusting, willing to hear a stranger out but not necessarily to go out of their way to help. It was about what Torwin expected, which was why he was so surprised to find out the entire town had such a sore spot when it came to its own history.

Specifically, they didn't much like talking about the Black Fang. He'd mostly gotten variations of, "That damn kid cursed the whole area, got his family and who knows how many others killed, and didn't even have the decency ...