Sun Mote Copse I'm not about to fight until the last of me dies

She told herself to keep it together. Her secret was out now, so to speak, but only the adults could understand Wildfire's plight. She didn't want her young children to be affected. Of course, they would be affected once she... her throat constricted at the thought, even as Weejay threw herself into her mother's arms.

Just like that, she was bawling. She held Weejay close against her heaving chest, kissing the crown of her head and nosing her cheeks. If this was really the end of her, she was going to miss so much. But what made the tears splash down her cheeks was the thought of leaving her kids without a mother. They would be in good hands with Eljay and the rest of the pack, yet no child deserved to lose a mother at this tender age. What would it do to them?