Meadowlark Prairie Long journey home

Easy stared at him, her lips still parted to form words she did not know. Her thoughts swarmed and her heart swelled, and abruptly, she felt tears welling in her eyes and a lump forming in her throat.

"Yes," she managed to say. "Spruce — I must introduce you to someone. The son of my heart, Anurag. We should go at once."

Before she grew too fat and heavy to make the journey. It wouldn't do to give birth so far from Cedar Den.

Her eyes did not want to come away from Spruce's face, but she finally looked back at Moonshadow. "I am pleased to meet you," she said, a little sheepish as she realized she'd ignored the woman. "I should say: we should go as soon as you have rested. The journey will take several days."