Redtail Rise XLI

Since the absence of Red Woman, New Snow—along with Blood Spot—cared for the young. Should they need any mothers milk, she would be there. Mutely New Snow cared for each, teaching them also, only when it was needed, manners with her smaller (growing!) girls. 

Concern mounted the longer Red Woman was away. Mountain Boulder felt it too. And when he went to search, New Snow sent him off with several kisses (as was her way). 

When he returned, she mirrored his mood upon seeing it. Could it be? New Snow sniffed at his furs, coming to understand all of the things that it revealed.

Red Woman was… gone? New Snow felt a great hole in her heart for this, and pressed alongside her mate whining lowly. When his call went up, hers followed afterward, a dirge of their shared pain.