Phantom Hollow bluegrass

she can be skippable! last post for me!

chickadee wanted to say, she wanted to answer, but then others were arriving: the man she did not recognize, bridget, then a woman she did not know, and then teya, following.
and it was all too much for chickadee, who was relieved to see and smell those scents which she knew, but whose faces looming so direly over her frightened the girl into silence.
her paw tightened to that of dwin, and she did not let go so long as she was able, eyes mutedly taking in all that was happening even as her voice died.