Moonspear dear god, hope you got the letter and

Sorry for the terrible wait. My life has gotten crazy with the holidays. Would you mind if we nudged this towards a close?

It is alright, The older woman murmured into the girl's fur, eyes squeezed shut for the moment. It was a terrible thing, to see family go, to see a daughter go, a niece go. A loved one go. Even when goodbyes were said and love was shared, it was a hard thing to live through. Walking her daughters to the borders all those years ago had been one of the hardest walks she'd ever made in her life.

You must tell your parents, Mintaka. Keres leaned back, looking to the girl with glistening evergreen eyes. Strong though she was, Keres had never been good with partings of family. After Mira's kidnapping, your parents would turn the world on its side to find you if they thought the same happened to you. Pleading was all she could do; the decision was Mintaka's, and Mintaka's alone.