Brightheart

When the dogs were loose in the forest, they had made their den at Snakerocks.

Swiftpaw had died in their jaws, and Brightheart had received her terrible injuries.

Firestar imagined he could still scent the reek of spilled blood.

The tumbled rocks came into view, rising from the center of a clearing where the gritty soil was covered with small creeping plants and seeding grasses.

Firestar felt as if an extra weight of sorrow descended on him every time he had to tell the story.

'The badger ran off toward the Thunderpath,' he finished.

'I sent Cloudtail's patrol to track it.' Brightheart, sitting outside the nursery, flinched when he mentioned her mate, while Ferncloud drew her kits closer to her with a sweep of her tail.

Spiderkit and Shrewkit pressed themselves into her fur, gazing up at Firestar with huge, scared eyes.

It's fine."

And that's why she did ask about, about Bright, Brightheart, about whether she would consider it.

Yeah.

And I do think, I think it's, like, um, I think it's a little bit realistic.

'I won't let you say that.

Look at Brightheart.

She has learned to fight with only one eye.' 'At least she has one good eye,' Longtail hissed.

'You might as well leave me in the forest for the foxes.'" Someone gotta do a wellness check on him later.

here.

One thing you did miss is that we were like, hey, Brightheart, do you want to be our apprentice? And Brightheart was

like, no. She's like, I'll help you, but no.

We did kind of explore other career options because our sister did say, wow, Brightheart helps you.

And Brightheart's like, I'm a warrior and a mom.

I don't want to be a medicine cat.

Also, that'd be kind of weird.

It's not...