All she could feel was the air under her paws, the sweat drawing on her fur, and the blurry image clouding her eyes. Long legs ran towards the tightly woven den of her sister Bearstar, tears streaming down her cheeks and eyes a pale red. "Bearstar!"
The nine month old briefly glanced around as she wailed and chocked on each cry, slowly lowering herself to the ground, nuzzling her nose into her paws before closing her eyes and sobbing. She was to ashamed to bring herself to say the words in her mind - as all she felt was pain and disbelief.
