Hideaway Strath If I look back, I am lost.

His words reassured her and though she knew it was selfish, Towhee permitted herself that. She wondered idly where she would be if Camilla was still in the picture. Would she be any more or less bonded to Fig and Fen? Would she still have come here with them? Probably, she thought, sniffling.

"You promise? That I'll always have a place?" Towhee asked, feeling a little bit like a weak loser for asking. You're all I have, though, you're all I'll ever have.