Redtail Rise Family Reunion

Hard as it was for Nova to get out of the Grotto come days, the older woman still went. Never as long as the past month, of course - these excursions only lasted a few hours at best - and she always came back with something. Be it herbs to store, prey to share, or trinkets to store in her tangled web of a nest.  She'd finally chosen a honeysuckle thicket under which she could hide her den, draped and sheltered in the roots of the bush.

Today found her in the next door plot of Redtail Rise. It was peaceful here, and Nova was glad to sprawl and sun herself on the nearest flat stone. She didn't sleep, but instead watched towards the marshes in content silence - these were the elders days, now, spent lonley and quiet. 

For @Alyssum :D