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No, she refuted in her mind, her eyes hardening as they locked on his. They narrowed when he reminded her that Peregrine was his son too. Hadn’t she just said “our”? Her jaw clenched, though the stricken look in his eye reminded her that they were on the same side.

I didn’t say that, she pointed out in her slow, slurring way, but yes, I do. She wanted that more than almost anything. But I can’t. And I won’t. Towhee looked away from him for a beat, admitting to the mountain’s western wall, I just needed to tell someone. I know there’s nothing you or I can do about it.

She fidgeted, then began to pace as those biting, pinching, stinging instects took flight in her nervous system again. Towhee couldn’t just abandon everyone and uproot, for so many reasons, but she also wasn’t sure how much longer she could live with feeling like this.