Stone Circle Let's go back to the start

Nikai followed compliantly, not too fussy either way. He wondered where their mother had gone and he missed her, but he knew they needed to go somewhere now and he, too, was growing tired in the wake of all the sad things that had happened today. Nikai glanced back one time as though he hoped that his mother and Witchhazel would appear, but they didn't and he turned forward, following Steady to the den and to their new home.