Redhawk Caldera heartstone

how could they hear her and talk still of her staying? were they even listening? teya felt almost reduced to a child as maia softly warned her against leaving and eljay begged to heal her. 
was she so broken? unable to voice the defeated sensations, she only held his paw a little tighter and hugged maia a bit longer. "you can't," she told eljay with a final softness.
"i love you," said to maia, but her eyes held him as well; her chin trembled; she wanted to stay, but a sharp outtake of breath said she could not.
perhaps for the last time, teya ishtar turned away from the blackthorn den and headed into the shadows of brecheliant, determined now to be gone lest more tears spring to beloved eyes on her behalf.