Sleepy Fox Hollow when you wake, you're bargaining

She knew about Stag, of course, and knew that he had not come to visit Mahler. Somehow, it rarely occurred to Wylla that Stigmata had other children out there who might miss their home as well. There would always be a place for them in Sleepy Fox Hollow, so long as they could remember that it was not solely Mahler's home, but hers as well, but she didn't say anything about it now.

No, said Wylla. She hadn't spent a lot of time here with the pack, and her visits afterward were always triggered by grief and trauma. This was the last place she had seen Tiercel, if she remembered correctly, not so far from where they first stood. She was not keen to revisit that memory.

Right here is perfect, she said, dropping to her elbows and belly in the snow. Sensing that he no longer wished to speak and possibly wanted to retreat somewhere to sort through his thoughts, she said, actually, I might take a little nap, if that's okay?