Sleepy Fox Hollow To the house in the pines where the road ends

That was the question, wasn't it? What if Wylla had shared his feelings? What if she had confessed to it? Would his plans have changed or would he remain a man with a desire to father multiple litters, a desire she considered selfish? Maybe if she was a man she might understand, but as a woman, she couldn't imagine having to explain to her child that their father wasn't happy with just them, and therefore was splitting his time.

(Merely her opinion, of course.)

So now that Wylla knew, even though it truly had nothing to do with her, did she even want to be here? The answer was complicated. She wanted to know him better, for his confession had admittedly planted a seed of "what ifs" in her mind, and yet she still planned to search for Tiercel, and she could do it from any hearth without having to watch his desires come to fruition ... only to burn him, she was certain of that.

If I didn't want to be here, I wouldn't be, was the only thing Wylla was truly certain of. No one could make her do something she didn't want to; she'd chosen to stay for a reason. You know that, she added.