Blackfeather Woods when you feel the world around you

Shivali takes a deep breath when he speaks again, asking a series of questions no one else has bothered with so far. Takiyok has been gone and Tahani is too passive to cause a ripple when things are… okay. They are together and taking care of one another without the pack’s assistance. They might as well be the entire pack, or the very least her own, which makes it feel uncomfortable to be in the Woods anymore.
 
“I don’t know,” she says honestly, rolling one shoulder. “But this is not where I want to raise my children,” she adds, quietly, glancing around—words she should not speak within the confines of their current home but where else? It doesn’t matter anymore that Kove has not approached, nor anyone else. She knows who her family is and who really sticks around. “When Takiyok comes back… I think we should think about leaving.”