Emberflame Ridge Broken Compass

She wasn't surprised to see the stubborn streak in Malila—she was her daughter, after all. Okay, sweetie. We'll be strong together. She had no doubt Malila would put all of her will into her promise.

Speedy looked down at her daughter's paws as they soaked in the water. How do they feel? she asked. The healer embraced her as she leaned into the offered affection. That was when she heard the rumble of her stomach. You must be hungry, she said, wishing it was as easy to feed her now as it had been when she was just born. I'll search around us and see if I can find something. There must be some kind of small animal she could catch—just something that could ease her daughter's hunger would be sufficient.