Blackfeather Woods the green mile

assuming it's ok to hop over the pups since they're PPC

Relmyna looked at her with comfort, and Kove drew alongside her, and for the shortest of moments, Maegi felt peace. She might be missing her brothers, her father. . .but she had these two, and now the babes, and perhaps in time, her wounds would heal. She smiled, and was about to ask what the little ones would be named when she heard pawsteps outside and was shoved aside by a dark shadow.

Iliksis. Her stomach clenched with a sudden dread at his appearance. She hadn't seen the rogue male since he'd challenged Vaati--and she'd never really known what had come of that particular uproar--and had believed him to be gone for good, taken to the hills in the aftermath of Blackfeather's defeat. She didn't know much about him, but she knew she didn't like him. That was enough.

Evidently Relmyna found his presence here distasteful as well, for she launched herself at him, a white, snarling blur of claws and fangs. Kove soon followed suit--she felt only slightly his insistent touch upon her side--and Maegi, left behind in the maelstrom, panicked for a brief instant. She wasn't a warrior in the least, and the last time she'd seen fighting, her uncle's blood had painted the forest floor.

Gripped in the jaws of fear, she felt her body unconsciously move sideways, toward where the babes lay. She shielded them from the grisly, violent scene unfolding before them, muscles trembling even as she put on a brave face, baring her teeth, mismatched eyes flashing in the dim light.