Stone Circle The wonderful thing about tiggers

She had assumed he missed Keoni, too. After all, he had been closer to her than Steph and her litter siblings. Steph carefully lowered herself to the ground in front of Nikai and settled into a comfortable position. 

She nodded to his thinking. I wonder if she hasn't already thought of that, she mused aloud. Valette was usually one step ahead of the others, which made her a great leader. She could anticipate the needs of the pack and have a plan in place to meet those needs. Still, neither one of them had seen a medic, yet. But, maybe their new neighbors didn't have one, either. Maybe yours will just take a little longer to heal, she hoped. She could not fathom Nikai leaving as Keoni had, and she refused to humor the thought at all.